On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 11:40 +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM, sankarshan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/12/24 narendra sisodiya <[email protected]>: > >> I think, we can compose a standard reply for such queries. > >> > >> suggestions needed !! > >> > >> PS: please read mail from bottom to top [:(] > > > > Would it be possible for you to sum up the salient points ? > > A normal person make some basic point from user perspective. > > - They* are very comfortable with windows box > - They* feel difficulty while learning Linux > - Almost all software (in pirated form ) for windows are available > - They* says, one need to jump on terminal/etc thing somethimes > - Installing new software sometime make you tried from soul > - in nutshell they* are unable to find a solid reason for uninstall > Windows and install GNU/Linux over it. > > Most of the argument are valid from user perspective who just want to > get their work done in easy way. > So can GNU/linux allow you to do the work easily. I think there are few important points which we need to make users aware of. For example, although *not* recommended (I am personally strict about it ) one can open their word and excel files into openoffice, specially the latest versions are very good. They are already using some very popular free software like firefox and vlc on windows so it proves that foss is not that un-popular.
We also must give user the idea that they get to use their common services like facebook, orkut or any thing for that matter including skipe on gnu/linux. To remove that commandline misconception, we must make it a point to show as many things on the gui up front to end users as far as possible. For example, rather than showing them how to do sudo apt-get install, it is better to bring the add-remove gui option to their notice. Also there is some thing we must tell our users. Drivers for the computer and other hardware is almost every time present in the system by default. While I am writing this email, I am actually at a 5 days workshop which I am conducting in Konkan with my team. With the result of many such workshops we have got arround the common man linux fear and many of them have already started to use ubuntu at least for their daily basic usage. Happy hacking. Krishnakant. _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
