Am Samstag, 8. September 2012 schrieb Camaleón: > On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:37:55 -0700, Weaver wrote: > > I know how hard it can be to see the forest when you are too close to > > the trees, so I thought I would re-post something I put up in another > > forum where Miguel de Icaza's recent communication was being > > discussed and in answer to Vaughan-Nicholl's recent article of > > semi-acceptance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The most 'untechie' person on the planet can use any Linux > > distribution once it is installed. > > (...) > > > The reason they don't is the install procedure. > > (...) > > I think it's not that easy. > > First, because "untechie" users neither have to install Windows nor > MacOS as both usually come along with the computer in a pre-installed > form thus they only have to provide some basic data. > > And secondly (and most important, IMO) once the Linux system has been > installed, configured and ready to use there's still the problem with > applications. You only have to tell "untechies" that they cannot > install Photoshop CS[whatever] and their response (98% of the time) > will be something like "what kind of crap is this?" ;-) > > Linux is more like an intense mental activity that requires from your > attention (and high doses of patience and interest) and not all the > people is ready/looking for that.
Well I do see more and more that there are really cool applications for Linux. But sure, someone who doesn´t want to try anything with a different name and GUI than the stuff he is used too, but not be easy to convince. Just as I don´t give a sh* about Adobe software except for flash where its still needed to play web videos. I quite much agree to the installation stuff. I put Linux on the laptop I bought with my father for my father. He used Firefox and Thunderbird and some crappy photo management software. I put KDE on it plus Iceweasel, Icedove and Digikam as applications. And each a button for internet on and off (this Debian Lenny installation is using HFC USB based ISDN adapter for accessing the net, thats why I am reluctant to upgrade to Squeeze or Wheezy, cause I have the gut feeling that ISDN on Squeeze or Wheezy is quite some fiddling again.) Well that just works. So I also agree that it somewhat depends on the applications, on games for some as well as on the willingness to try a different application for the same tasks. As for Adobe Photoshop GIMP and possibly even more so Krita are very interesting alternatives IMHO. But then what do I know about Photoshop… -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201209081959.50980.mar...@lichtvoll.de