“If that’s not enough, many windows apps can be run in linux with wine.” Yes, you could argue that none of these are typical Joe User apps, but I would argue that EVERY Joe User is going to want at least one of these. Does Linux have equivalents for all of those? And if so, are they available within the ‘sandbox’ that Joe User is going to be trapped in? the 3D Home Architechs, the Create-a-Cards, the Printshops, the Encartas, the educational software (Math/Science Advantage/etc), the games (Madden 2003 anyway?), the software that lets you make designs to iron on t-shirts, and all that stuff. Go to any CompUSA (or whatever), stroll down the isles, and look at all the $20-$40 apps that are available. But what happens when Joe User wants to step out of the ‘sandbox’? Think he’s going to take the time to learn how RPM works? Dream on. See, the thing with people advocating Linux on the desktop is that they think the only apps Joe User will use are the ones that are available with the distro and with the ‘click and run’ interface. “Wow, I’d like to run that!”, he thinks, but he can’t, because he’s running Linux. Let’s say Joe User goes to his friend’s house and sees Streets & Trips running on his neighbor’s computer. “On the other hand this is not a typical joe user app”Įh, I’m not so sure of how ‘un-typical’ it is anymore since they started including it with MS Works (which ships with a lot of computers now days).īut let’s assume (for the sake of arguement) that it’s not a typical Joe User app. This is what you call one of those ‘drop in replacements’ that doesn’t quite do the trick – there seems to be quite a number of those in Linux. “No, I don’t know of any equivalent to MS Streets, maybe RoadMap but since I’m not into this kind of programs I can’t really tell.”īased on the screenshots, the maps aren’t nearly as good of quality, and it lacks any sort of routing features as well.
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