On July 16, 2000 5:23 PM Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. Get hold of a Linux CD. Obviously I would recommend a Redhat CD to a
> beginner like him. Mandrake is relatively difficult to find and getting
> mandrake RPMs easily is relatively tougher. I would not even think of
> offering Debian CD to him.
Maybe you should have considered suggesting Corel Linux 1.0 or Caldera
OpenLinux 2.4 to him. I say this because I have had the oppertunity to
evaluate these and many other linux distributions. These are two of the most
user-friendy distros around.
> 3. He should learn what partitions mean. Coz Redhat installer brings him
> to this awfully complicated screen with numbers to write, and messages
> everywhere that if you want a good computer these numbers better be
> good. Help!
Caldera OpenLinux 2.4 ships with Caldera's version of Partition Magic and
the install can be started from windoze itself.
> 4. Ouch! I forgot to tell him that he should skip the X configuration(X
[snip]
> The list goes on. PPP connection, Printer installation, Wordprocessors,
> Spreadsheets, Video problems, etc etc.
> I know all these can be handled with a bit of reading and asking, but why
> should he do that? He is just an enduser who wants to get his job
> done...Windows doesn't make him get a comp. sc. degree to use it!!
Again, all that is surprisingly easy to do in distros like Caldera OpenLinux
(at least as easy as in windoze)
> No, I don't think Linux is ready yet for prime time. It's good only for
> programmers and their desktops.
I beg to differ, I say the time has come that we Linux ppl can safely say
"Hey chuck windoze and get yourself a Linux box" to every class of user out
there, ".. the only thing that remains to be decided is which distro to get
and that were we can help..."
Discussions/Flames are welcome, I have my fire extinguishers ready...
Cheerio!
,_,
(O,O) Vipul Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
( ) http://www.vipulonline.com/
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