On Sat, September 8, 2012 8:51 am, Camaleón wrote: > 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.
Yes, a couple have made this point, but from my own personal experience, it's not the case. I am not what you could call 'financially endowed' and always obtained older and, in many cases, in complete boxes. I couldn't afford the brand new OEM boxes, so always had to install Windows, when I used it, myself. I had to buy that. >From memory, it ran itself. There were perhaps a couple of questions that didn't require reference to Einstein, but that was all. Nothing anywhere near as complex as an expert Debian install, which is what I prefer now. Not to the point of being one of the 'High-Riders', but I'm getting there. Regards, Weaver. -- "The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US . . ." -- Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook -- 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/49348fee05f389951184f699e735c890.squir...@fruiteater.riseup.net
