Your point is well taken as well. However, we also need to make new ones understand that everything in Windows do not work out of the box as well - apps and drivers need to be installed. The only difference in the Linux world compared to the Windows world is that we have the needed drivers and apps in an accessible centralized manner (repos) and we just pull them using yum, apt, emerge, etc...
Sometimes people just ask too much, I think? Dont get me wrong. I'm not against Mint or any distro that "spoonfeeds". Heck I even think that Ubuntu and Fedora are doing too much spoonfeeding :). A little challenge for the user wont do much harm. A lot of Windows users nowadays doesn't even have the common sense to explore, in fact, all they do is whine (but not all). Hopefully that won't happen to the next generation of Linux users... On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Conrad Lawes <[email protected]> wrote: > Your point is well taken. However, you must admit that having things > "just work" out-of-the-box goes a long way to score brownie points with > anyone transitioning from the Windows world. > > Even on the Windows platform, one must install the Adobe, Java, etc > manually. Since the web browser is arguably the application that is most > frequently used, I love it when a newbie tells me that everything "just > works" without having to do any tweaking. This is why I recommend Mint > over Ubuntu. > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:31 PM, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Adobe and java plugins can be installed in ubuntu as simple as using >> aptitude or apt-get. >> >> Sometimes I'm baffled why people keep comparing out-of-the-box features, >> when all of them can be installed readily from the repo. >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:34 AM, Conrad Lawes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Agreed. Gentoo is not for newbies. >>> >>> However, I would recommend Mint Linux over Ubuntu if you're switching >>> from Windows. >>> I like the fact that Mint Linux has the Adobe flash and java plugins, and >>> media codec already installed. >>> >>> For a comparison, see >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIgjA55KtwQ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:51 PM, u4david <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Gentoo is not for new linux users. >>>> >>>> get Ubuntu and you will have years to come of exploring.And if you won >>>> to be serious ubuntu have it all covered. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:22 PM, glr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> thank you daniel. i would like to try gentoo. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>>> Group. >>>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Conrad Lawes >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" >> >> www.madforubuntu.com >> baudizm.blogsome.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Conrad Lawes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" www.madforubuntu.com baudizm.blogsome.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
