On September 1993 plus 3721 days Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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.
I have to disagree with you...my mom's first computer was a linux box I gave her for xmas 4 years ago...she has no problem using it. My 3yo nephew has been using linux for about a year (ok, he's precocious, but it had to happen, seeing as he comes to visit at least every 3rd day and there's computers everywhere in my house) and has never had a problem, except that I have to make sure only his login has the frog icon on it, because I think that's how he recognizes his name on the computer. Hell, my sister uses linux whenever she comes visit with my nephew, because there's nothing but linux in this house and in my parents' house. Can my mom, sister and nephew install and configure linux on their own? of course not...but they can't install and configure any other OS either. I install and configure linux for them, as well as do admin chores (updating and so on) for them remotely...just like any admin does for any user. So, my experience tells me...hell yes, linux is ready for the desktop of the mortal, as long as it's pre-installed, either by the HW company they get their computer from or by the friendly family geek. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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