On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 11:02, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:24 am, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> > Well, I gotta say that Redhat does have a point.  I do think that linux is
> > not yet ready for the everyday desktop user except for Lindows - for a
> > relatively small subpopulation.
> 
> Hmm, I disagree. My 10 and 12 year old (not to mention my wife) use Mandrake 
> here with very few problems. 
> 
> Sure, my wife uses it almost exclusively for e-mail and web-browsing, but 
> thats what the Windoze majority does anyways, right?
> 
> and the boys use it mostly for games...again, following the norm.
> 
> Most Windows users run to a local Windog guru when they have problems anyways, 
> and thats what my crowd here does - run to me. So whats the diff? :-)

I've noticed the exact same thing, DL.  In fact a young person I know
recently told me that he could install and run Mandrake without trouble,
yet couldn't seem to get winblowz to operate as easily, and deferred to
a local shop for assistance in getting his winblowz to work correctly.

LX


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