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What *can't* you do in Linux?

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solo:
In my growing curiosity I've started a topic to poll the MES crowds on why they still have Windows.

We all know Linux needs more games support, save that one. Any other reason(s)?

billy_gates:
It needs Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Flash MX.  It needs easier installation procedures with a central applications folder.  It needs better usb and firewire support.

Now explanations:
GIMP is not 100% compatible with Photoshop and vice versa.

I have not seen a Flash MX copy worth using and I've heard that people have had trouble getting Flash to work in Wine.

./configure make make install sound familiar.  Or rpm's that only work half the time.  Then you still don't know where the files are, they are just on your hard drive in some bin or etc folder.

I have a usb memory stick thing, not a card reader.  Just a little device with some solid state memory and usb port.  I plug it into my RH system.  nothing happens.  I don't know if it has mounted and I have to go look for it or if I have to mount it, but it aint on my desktop.

Faust:
All the newer distributions are implementing schemes like Debians apt-get, and personally I think apt-get is simpler than Mac OSX method.  So software installation is now covered.

Apt-get process:
Go to big menu of software
Choose software you want
Click install and all the config is done for you

Mac OSX process:
Go to big download site / store
Find software you want in invariably poorly organized menus / shelves
Download software / buy software
Unzip/extract
Drag to relevant location where you have space
(Then I guess you need to set up shortcuts too?  Or do you just put it in a central location and it runs?)

I mean I don't even need to know where the binaries go because my path handles that all for me.  Why are you people still using Macs???   :confused:

Faust:
All it needs is a graphical, easier Debian install for the newbies and a better centralised config menu.  That's it.

mobrien_12:
Linux still has no hardware acceleration support for advanced 3d sound API's.  Creative was going to make an OpenAL accelerated driver for the EMU10K1 but that kind of died when Loki did...

You could probably group this under gaming support but there are some nice environmental effects which can be done in Windows (through EAX, for example) that can't be done in Linux.

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