Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:10, Nick Rout wrote:
2. A "General Public" Installfest. This has been mooted at various times
- but hasn't happenned this year. I suspect most epople can't be
bothered and this is why it hasn't happenned! Comments?
imho, it hasn't happened simply because all the distributions have been
improved so much that it is now quite easy to install Linux. Now-a-days,
anybody with more than half a dozen computer oriented brain cells can do it
for themselves. ergo no need for the huge fests we used to have when it was
actually quite difficult to install Linux and get it going properly.
Couldn't agree less, I'm sorry Chris. The distro's may indeed be much
improved (I have to take others' words for this, as I'm still a relative
newcomer), but the overall Linux learning curve remains somewhat steep.
I can personally lay claim to some 12 or more computer-oriented brain
cells, but I couldn't have got as far as I have without the enormous
amount of help that I've received from this list, both via the mailing
list and face-to-face. Witness the never-ending torrent of questions
about Winmodems, video cards, wireless networking, and DVD and video
play-back. It may easier now to install Linux, but to "get it going
properly" is quite another kettle of fish. I still have a daunting climb
ahead of me.
Having said all this, I'm not prepared to run the Installfest myself, so
I can't complain about its absence this year.
Douglas.
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