es330td******.com <es330td******.com> wrote:
>The point of my post was that most people do not want to have to
>interact with their systems at the command line level and want things
>to be as easy as possible.

This is all very well-known information. As forces drive Linux that
way, that's how it will go.

You can buy laptops, servers, desktops, and a multitude of consumer
devices that run Linux out of the box. You can buy them at Walmart,
Linux pre-installed. They don't have any issues with compatibility,
video modes, or whatever.

If there's a fun/learning/financial/tech/other need that can be
fulfilled by some kind of implementation, it will happen. Otherwise, it
won't. You are having a video mode problem--unless someone has a need
to get rid of that problem, it's not going to happen.

Slackware isn't about to go under. Torvalds can get his salary donated
by tens of thousands of people around the globe, no problem. Microsoft
is currently pressured. Linux is installed and running on hundreds of
millions of devices. Mainstream? Who cares!

-Beej