I personally know that Linux uses open source drivers and the file
management system is about as dependable as your going to get. I'm pretty
sure also that the K desktop enviroment people are working towards making
their desktop mouse driven to make it easier to work with and a lot more
like windows. I suspect if you can break the file management part of the
Linux Kernel from the Linux kernel and add it to the Konquerer file
management system of the KDE you will have a mouse driven file management
system that is free of patent problems.
Just a guess but I thought that it was worth mentioning.
The konquerer system can be found at
http://www.kde.org and I'm pretty
sure one of you knows where to find the linux kernel.
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