Linked by Ben Mazer on Mon 26th Jan 2004 19:52 UTC
Lately, there has been a "Why linux isn't ready for the desktop" article every 3 days. Most of the time, these articles originate from a lack of understanding or acceptance of the open source system. I'd like to try to address some of the common arguments against linux here, and try to help people understand why linux probably won't be on your desktop for a while.
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Some of your points are interesting (like claiming that the average user needs tools to lock down his own desktop), but I can't believe you can say this with a straight face:
1) Software installation. I would not want to teach my mom how to install Windows software. Its (sic) a rather complicated and involved process.
I would not expect my mom to be able to find a package for her specific distribution, and for her specific version (since she won't be upgrading the distribution, of course). And no, synaptic is IMHO not very friendly to the user. It looks like it was designed to make all of the command line options available, not to facilitate program installation. Try explaining all of that, versus "double click the exe and click next." I respect your opinion, though. I guess, different strokes for different people's folks.