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Is anybody using Linux as their work platform?
Or has everybody got it installed on an alternate
partition for spare-time tinkering, only?
Is there a sufficiently-capable array of tools, yet?
I guess you can't overlook Corel's WP, but how
about real DTP? Anything you'd care to trust with
your livelihood?
How about a solid, trustable illustration app under
Linux?
Other office apps: presentation? Spreadsheet?
Database? Project? Mail?
Is there anything like Visual C or Visual Basic?
For that matter, does anybody have anything
enlightening to say about flavors of Linux? I'm
interested from the perspective of bread'n'butter
working tools. I realize Linux still hasn't arrived
for the masses, but has it achieved a level that
could interest a capable computer professional
who is not afraid to get his/her fingers dirty, but
who demands reliability and capability in the system
and the tools?
Normally, I try to check the archives before I ask
a question, but in this case, even a four-month-old
conversation on the topic would be hopelessly dated...
