On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:31 PM, chris <[email protected]> wrote: > I have in since Xmas alone, installed 8 linux platforms, using Ubuntu > 8.04. > All these platforms have formerly been windows users. > They have changed because of the constant hassles with XP/virus/disk > defragmantation/registry problems. > > So far no one that has installed linux has asked to go back to windows. > This includes installs I have done since Ubuntu 6. > > The major problem with Ubuntu is with setting up modems (not dsl), as > the Ubuntu people keep breaking the Gnome ppp ability to call wvdial. > (Don't ask me how or why) > The moment that a user has to call wvdial from a terminal, panic sets > in. > However apart from that everyone is happy. > > does this not give a "true man on the street " Comparison? > Cheers Chris T. >
Please stop top posting. I agree with all you say, but the real indictment I see there is not on the [lack of] ease of use of dialup linux, but on our telecom infrastructure. dialup? 90's technology. 80's even - I had adsl in the 90's. I noticed a real decline in OS apps and docos supporting dialup ease of use when broadband became ubiquitous in westernised countries, particularly the US/Canada/Europe. If those areas were still on dialup it would be as easy as the rest of ubuntu, because OS programmers would care :)
