Kristoffer Walker wrote: > That's awesome. I've been trying to find a way to convince my > grandfather to let me get him set up on Linux. He's always having > problems with Vista and assumes since I'm a "computer guy" I can fix it > for him. Truth is, I don't know anything about Vista, so I just end up > muttering about the "stupid" engineers that built this thing and leave > it no better off than I found it. If he had a Linux system I could "set > it and forget it". > > However, I know if I gave my wife a stack of OS installation CDs and > told her to install it, she'd look at me like I had two heads. That > goes for any OS, not just Linux. The difference is that most machines > are preconfigured with an OS... Not usually Linux. For people who have > no interest in learning an OS, or who do not use a computer often enough > to make it worthwhile, Linux is out of reach because it does not come > preconfigured on 99% of all machines available to consumers. (this is > why Microsoft is a convicted monopolist) > > I agree with the comment that once a Linux system is configured, it is > very usable for anyone. Our laptop is setup with Linux and Windows, but > I configured my wife's Linux user account in such a way that her desktop > behaves just as she would expect under another system. She uses the > Linux desktop almost exclusively now... It's faster and is much more > robust. If there is a problem I can actually fix it rather than > blaming the engineers at Microsoft. > > -Kris > The "out of the box" configuration is true for windows and mac-I just never think of that because when I need a computer I buy the parts I want and make it-the OS is added last. Too bad the masses don't know what they're missing.
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