"Cristian Rodriguez R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PEBCAK . all you telling us can be done with yast or with a simple > tutorial, if you actually dont want to **get a clue ** about basic > things of an OS, Im not sure if linux is the right choice for you.
And therein lies the problem: the "look down your nose" attitude of most Linux nerds about the development of user-friendly tools and GUIs. There are vast numbers of computer owners out there who use M$ because it works for them without requiring much in the way of computer skills and until such time that a Linux distro comes along that offers the same ease of use, Linux will stay in the background. Look, we all know that Linux is technically superior, but like that old Starkist ad, "We don't want tuna with good taste, we want tuna that tastes good". Distro and desktop designers, developers and others in the Linux community need to drop their holier-than-thou attitude and concentrate on the masses who need to escape the clutches of M$. I just read an article (linked on opensuse earlier) that spoke of the NSA's involvement in Vista's security development and the desire of China to use "other than Microsoft" systems. The Chinese market is huge and if we in the West do not lead the way in this effort, the best distros in the future may have to be translated from Mandarin. Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
