My guess is that he'll run into trouble spots with streaming media, and any java applications in a browser. RealPlayer for Linux stinks. It crashes RH 7.2 EVERY time, even during the install. Of course there is no Windows Media player, so I have no options but .mp3 downloads. Nothing streaming. Configuring java with Konqeror is no joy and even when it is finished I find that the blank gray boxes that should be applets or .jsps are a common problem with Sun's java. Netscape 4.x does fine, but Netscape 6.2 can't run it's own java installer and Konqeror dead ends with the aforementioned problem. Using it on a network? Not even Novell's iFolder or iPrint applets work, so are Linux distros keeping up with where networking is moving? I love Linux, but these are some distinct problems that will keep a lot of users away with MS JVM and Windows Media Player ready to go with IE. On Wednesday 19 December 2001 12:03 pm, you wrote: > Just thought I would pass this along: > > To my complete suprise I was contacted and interviewed via email/phone, by > David LaGesse from US News and World Report for an article he is writing > concerning Linux and opensource software. As a part of his > research, he is exclusively running Mandrake Linux at work for two weeks on > his desktop while being networked to the company LAN. The article will > tackle the question if Linux and opensource software has made progress in > the desktop user arena. Something like: "can joe user install and use > Linux and opensource software at home without being a *nix guru or dual > booting constanly into Windows for better applications." He was a complete > newbie, but thus far reports little trouble getting along without Microsoft > products. From our conversation, he seemed to have a positive experience > with Linux and opensource applications. Good news... > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- David Cross http://web.nwc.edu/~dacross Email to Pager: 6125792680 at page.metrocall.com Telephone: (651) OAT-DIET Fax: (253) 322-3223 *********************** What Life Means to Me As a high school student I discovered I wanted more than where my life was heading. Even though I didn't drink alcohol, I went to drinking parties each weekend and they became my life. I loved the party atmosphere and the feeling of getting away with something. I found that the rest of the week was just space that had to be filled so that I could get to the weekend. Strangely enough, some friends challenged me to read the Bible for half an hour each day and I took them up on it. When I read the Bible I realized that my life was really empty. The best thing about my life was simply going to these parties, but I wanted more than that. As I read the Bible, I realized more than just the emptiness of my life. I realized that if I gave my life to Jesus Christ, I could get a grip on meaning in my life and I could even help others. One of the struggles I had with this was that I didn't like church. I'd never found a church that was the "perfect church" and I didn't have an interest in looking. However, those same friends that challenged me to read the Bible challenged me to try going to church each week. I decided that since those friends were right about reading the Bible and the meaning that Jesus gave my life, I guessed they might be right about church, too, so I gave it a try. I went to church with those friends and I found a real place that I loved to be. I loved learning so much about Christ that my half hour Bible reading grew into hours each day. I finally felt that I had found the meaning that I was looking for. It wasn't because I was reading so much or because I went to my church's youth group. The meaning I found was in learning so much more about Jesus Christ each time I opened the Bible or met with other Christians. Jesus became my closest friend and I wanted to spend as much time with Him as I could. One thing that I knew I needed to leave behind was the wild parties. Surprisingly, God helped me to leave them all at once. He even gave me the chance to tell some of my friends from those parties about Christ and Christ changed some of their lives, too. Honestly, Christ has given me a reason to live. The change he has made in my life is dramatic proof that He is real and that He made me new just as the Bible says He would do. I know the difference He has made in my life, so I want to give others the truth that makes people new.