--- "Henry B. Wangle Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > On Wednesday 29 May 2002 18:20, you wrote: > Well not wanting to beat my own drum but anyone who > say's that Linux is not > ready for the desktop needs to relook at it . Case > in point my wife of 22 > years now age 44 had 2 strokes that paralyzed her > left side and hurt her > mental capabilities as well . I have been gradually > weaning her away from > windows for about 6 months now and she has very > little problems with Linux . > Now considering that she has some short term memory > loss and some long term > memory loss I think that say's bundles for the ease > of use of Mandrake. > Balance that against that against the fact that she > had used windows for > about 6 years prior to this with numerous problems > with it both pre stroke > and post stroke (2 Strokes back to back in Dec of > 1998 ) She love it and its > ease of use. I on the otherhand am still learning > everyday and get myself > into more trouble than if I'd just stick with the > basic Mandrake setup, Being > a tinkerer of sorts I'm inclined to play to my > deteriment on occassion and > Thanks to the many willing and Knowledgeable > Penguins out here in Newbie land > ( Civilme, Sridhar, Tom, and yes even Femme, as well > as many more of you ) > I'm able to fix most of my Foulups and bloopers. By > the way I'm also a lurker > and 9 times out of 10 someone must be psychic as one > of you usually address > the problem with a solution before I get to ask for > help. Try that with > windows and see if you get the same results. On the > unfortunate side there > are still a few programs that we still have to > depend on before I can be > totally windows free ( please hurry Quicken, So Now > Your Cooking, Family tree > , and Vehicle Records Systems.) . With that said I > agree with Miark as to the > fact it is ready now .Now off my Stump and back into > the quiet existence > again I go. > > Hank Wangle > SSGT Usmc(retired) > > > Because linux will never be a desktop OS for > the masses IMO. > > > Requires too much tech knowledge and most just > want their machine to > > > work. Shrugs, My opinion. I know its come a > long way but its still got > > > a longer way to go yet. > > > > I couldn't disagree more. Gnome and KDE are every > bit as powerful as > > Winsux (more, really), and just as easy (well, > KDE, anyway). This > > was true of my own conversion (a computer-literate > chap), and for my > > wife (a computer-illiterate lass). > > > > I'd say Linux is ready for the desktop right now! > > > > Miark Well said both of you!
As for me I couldn't agree more with you Miark (You really rock when you want to!). Two days ago I installed LM 8.2 to vet-doctor friend of mine. I even managed to get FreeVet to work and I got a 2 months free visit and vaccination for my 3 dog's.He's a happy man. He couldn't afford to pay M$Office or Antivirus things but after seing his old DELL Latidude 300Mhz PC to work and doing so many things he happily went in Mandrake Store and order via their web-page the Pro-Suite edition. He's even convinced to be a Silver Member. I don't know though if he has done it yet. Cheers to both of you Dimitris ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? &Agr;&pgr;&ogr;&kgr;&tgr;&eeacgr;&sgr;&tgr;&egr; &tgr;&eegr; &dgr;&ohgr;&rgr;&egr;&aacgr;&ngr; @yahoo.gr &dgr;&igr;&egr;&uacgr;&thgr;&ugr;&ngr;&sgr;&eegr; &sgr;&agr;&sfgr; &sgr;&tgr;&ogr; http://www.otenet.gr
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