On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Krishnakant <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
@Krishnakant,
I agree with you. Infact I have installed GNU/Linux on few
friends and one boy (10th class) laptops. They do not find any
difficult most of the time. infact my 3rd standard nephew changed
wallpaper of Fedora , without even telling him the method to do so.
@JTD
I agree with you also, but we cannot ask them to compare based
on price and license. M$ has already lowered cost of "their failed
products". Imagine a condition where M$ release his Windows and
associated software as "freeware". (a free of cost , closed source ,
close license copy) to every student of India.
we should prepare a defend side (points) where we can put reason that
"these freewares are bad for you".
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