the future of Linux (was Re: mlb.com)

[Aaron Howell]

Home user linux you say?
http://www.lycoris.com (or lycoris.org if you're more interested in a free version).
It looks like XP, it feels like XP, if you hadn't been clued in you could be mistaken for thinking it *was* XP.
Don't expect to use this version of Linux with speech (why would you want to?)
its been *heavily* customized for the purpose of making it graphically friendly,
but it shows what can be achieved by Linux vendors who set their minds to it.
It was very nice on a fresh install, to drop a windows cd in the drive, have its autorun pop up, and have some (allbeit simple) windows programs install and run as though they were Linux apps.
and this was an old version, I can only imagine how good it is now.
This will definitely blow your sighted friends away, and in conjunction with crossover office (http://www.codeweavers.com)
will even allow them to still keep running Office (2000/xp) and Internet Explorer.
So, the "Home User" linux is definitely out there today.
Regards
Aaron