John Ryland wrote:
> When the telstra guy came to install it from Windows, it like took him
> practically all day. Various things went wrong for him and he had to get some
> other guy in to help in. After they had gone it took about 5 minutes to setup
> the ppp over ethernet package on Linux. I really don't get why people say
> Windows is so easy to use, it just isn't true.
>
My take on this is that windows isn't easier to use/configure, it's just
that most people have more experience with it. This will especially
hold true in tech support, where they have been trained up on windows
and told that other operating systems aren't supported. At one time I
earnt a reputation as a unix guru because I could use the sh shell and
some basic commands like ps and grep. Most of the other people were
technically savy to some extent, but almost exclusivly with windows.
I actually find it easier to learn how to do things with linux - the
open archetecture of the system means I can easily poke around and see
whats going on if I want to. And the quality of documentation is
generally much better, which is a HUGE help.
Another Anecdote:
I once had my flatmates mother use my system (at the time: Mandrake
7.1, Helix Gnome, Netscape 4.7) to do some web-browsing and later on my
flatmate made a comment about this. Her mother was surprised - she'd
just assumed it was windows the whole time, and didn't believe it was
actually linux untill I pointed out some differences to her.
- Doug
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