The year's LinuxWorld Expo kicks off today in San Jose, California. Eazel, a company founded by three members of the original Macintosh OS design team, are set to release the first public version of their file manager, Nautilus 1.0. Nautilus will expected to make using Linux easier and more intuitive, perhaps opening the door for the emergence of Linux as a popular home user platform. Eazel is in line to make the biggest waves during the Expo, with the release of a product that truly could change the face of computing.
Users can move, save and store files easily by clicking and dragging icons.
In other words, you'll almost know what you're doing as soon as you sit down in front of the Nautilus interface. You can read the full article about Eazel at the San Francisco Examiner web site, and find more information about LinuxWorld at the expo's web site. One of the biggest reasons that Linux has been held back from gaining greater popularity is the relatively high level of computer experience needed to successfully use the system. Rather, the number and quality of available applications are a more accurate barometer. Hopefully Linux and Mac OS X will be able to coexist, and in fact push each other to greater heights.