I just set up a Linux partition for a friend of mine who is a dedicated WinBlows user, as he's been tinkering around with image editing stuff, and hasn't liked the software selection he's found for WinBlows. I mentioned the GIMP, and showed him what it looked like and some of the elementary stuff it could do (I only know how to do the elementary stuff *sigh*) on my machine. He was mighty impressed, and also really liked the way Window Maker looked. So he now has the GIMP & Window Maker on his machine. Granted, being a complete novice to Linux/Unix, I wrote down about a dozen or so of invaluable commands, introduced him to the /usr/doc directory and manpages, and made sure he could type startx.
So far he's really liking it, with only one big exception. He has a parallel port scanner, so he's pretty much SOL with SANE. But anyway, he seems to be liking it a lot, and says he's been slowly reading through some HOWTO's, etc. I don't think it's so much that Linux isn't ready for Joe User, I think most Joe Users aren't ready for Linux. Sean > Christian Lavoie wrote: > > > > > Yes, as a server, Linux is successfully competing against > > > WinNT and others. I personally don't believe Linux is ready for > > > Joe Blow the average Win user, however. > > > > Depends on your definition of a Joe Blow user. > >