My father (who I refuse to give any tech support to) failed to install windows XP well enough to get online or have it usable for several years of attempting it several times. Every time he buys a new PC with windows pre-installed. He's been using windows heavily for > 10yrs. What I'm saying is that the average user sometimes finds almost all OSes difficult if not impossible to install without some sort of tech support.
On the other hand, my 6yr old son fully installed and uses Fedora 11 and is on the internet. I just gave him the DVD and told him how to get the laptop to boot from DVD. OK, I did have to install some non-default packages a few days after for him but none that were crucial. It all depends on the end user. On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 12:35 +0100, Alun Rowe wrote: > > > > Ask a genuine user to install some software on it. I know it’s a LOT > better than it used to be but my dad still couldn’t do it. > > Alun > > > On 04/08/2009 11:31, "Brian Butterworth" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 2009/8/4 Alun Rowe <[email protected]> > ... > Mere users don’t stand a chance with anything Linux > based. It’s far too geeky to use still. > > Your final pronouncement is interesting. How can you > justify it? > > > > > Alun > > > > On 04/08/2009 08:13, "Dave Crossland" > <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > wrote: > > Have you heard of Red Hat? > > On 4 Aug 2009, 7:02 AM, "Alun > Rowe" > <[email protected] > <http://[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > The problem with a 'free > digital society' is that > people need salaries. > > Ask the music/film industry > what they think. > > I love the idea of utopia but > we all know that unicorns > don't exist, right? > On 3 Aug 2009, at 20:14, "Dave > Crossland" <[email protected] > <http://[email protected]> > > wrote: > Hi, > > What about > the case fo... > > Alun Rowe Pentangle Internet > Limited 2 Buttermarket Thame > Oxfordshire OX9 3EW Tel: +44 > 8700 33... > > > This message (and any associated > files) is intended only for the use of > the individual or entity to which it > is addressed and may contain > information that is confidential, > subject to copyright or constitutes a > trade secret. If you are not the > intended recipient you are hereby > notified that any dissemination, > copying or distribution of this > message, or files associated with this > message, is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this message in > error, please notify us immediately by > replying to the message and deleting > it from your computer. Messages sent > to and from us may be monitored. > > > > Internet communications cannot be > guaranteed to be secure or error-free > as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive > late or incomplete, or contain > viruses. Therefore, we do not accept > responsibility for any errors or > omissions that are present in this > message, or any attachment, that have > arisen as a result of e-mail > transmission. If verification is > required, please request a hard-copy > version. Any views or opinions > presented are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily > represent those of the company. > > > > Alun Rowe > Pentangle Internet Limited 2 Buttermarket > Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3EW > Tel: +44 8700 339905 Fax: +44 8700 339906 > Please direct all support requests to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited > company registered in England and Wales. > Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: > 1 Lauras Close, Great Staughton, > Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP > > > > > > > Alun Rowe > Pentangle Internet Limited > > 2 Buttermarket > > Thame > > Oxfordshire > > OX9 3EW > > Tel: +44 8700 339905 > > Fax: +44 8700 339906 > > > Please direct all support requests to [email protected] > Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England > and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras > Close, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP > > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
