Hi guys,
>It is no longer THAT complex- Sub $400 boxes which are sold to >newbies
>primarily ( in the US presently) are now-a-days routinely >preloaded with
>Linux instead of Win9x.
>Shanker
>BTW- Anything to kickstart Linux in LMC. Go !Best of luck!
Well, firstly, in India, i barely know of any machines available on a wide
scale (whose sales figures are also formidable) which are preinstalled with
Linux. Besides, for a newbie, a UNIX prompt is nothing more than Greek. 1
wrong command as root and everything is finished (ask me abt it - i'm still
trying to get RH6.0 up with startx (ChipCD) - lotsa probs with graphics
cards and stuff)
Linux still lacks a stable GUI where the user need not make too many choices
(I know I'll be flamed for this but this is truly all the non-techies need)
- ease of use... Linux still doesnt offer that. RH is still quite
complicated. I mean think abt it for yourself. Why should a person simply
interested in word processing have to know the IRQs and LPT specs and data
formats for a printer? - Insanity.
Its well for you people who love its flexibility but its utterly useless to
a great extent for the people who dont need it. (Now u know why Microsoft
has been monopolizing all this while)
As far as the seminar is concerned, in school probably a maximum of 5 people
know that Linuz exists and maybe only 2 are STILL THINKING about installing
it. (I am the only martinian running Linux - that to as a secondary O/S
which i barely use) - Its much more productive to get things done by simply
clicking on pictures.... maybe that makes me dumb.... but thats what most
people want.
If a linux seminar is to be held in school, we will have to organize
practical sessions which are fun (load some cool grafix progs or Quake or
something) we have to make it mega fun and show ppl all the cool things
linux can do. Otherwise LMB will not be interested. THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT.
believe me. the techies which we had since the days of riddhi are gone. sad
but true.
Prateek
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