[plug] moving to linux

[sol]

Hi there one and all,

If you've got a spare moment could you please check out a page I've been 
working on for the PLUG website aimed as being a stepping off point for 
finding out about desktop linux applications.

www.autonomon.net/linux_move.html

This page was more complicated for a few reasons and I'd like a bit of 
feedback on the following points:
1. I asked this question before but it's more complicated than one might 
think. That's regarding the download links. Where possible I've linked 
to PlanetMirror. This is easy with, say, OpenOffice which has it's own 
section. But for something like Galeon, it literally occurs hundreds of 
times on PlanetMirror not to mention other WAIX mirrors. The question as 
to which link to put up becomes vexing, and I think putting up heaps of 
links is cumbersome and fraught with the danger of having to edit the 
links on a regular basis.
To make things even more difficult, some things like Konqueror are 
tightly bound into KDE and downloading it without KDE is pointless. I've 
seriously considered removing the download links for this reason. Any 
suggestions?

2. I've started with a very simple scroll down presentation. This was 
the path of least resistance. I considered breaking it up into sections 
based on separate pages based on the office suites (KDE, Gnome & OOo) or 
on software genres. Instead I stuck to a simple breakdown on genres. But 
even this was a little tricky as sometimes the apps a so dissimilar. I'm 
no web design guru and I see no reason for elaborate presentation, but 
if anyone has any practical suggestions for improving the presentation 
I'd appreciate your comments.

3. This list is by no means exhaustive. But it's a start. If your 
favourite desktop GUI app isn't on this list you can email me with a 
request. But do me the favour of sending a link to the home page and a 
link to a local mirror. :-)

Perhaps I'll actually post this page someday! ;-)

regards,
sol