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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Same thing for me. My parents and my brother share one computer running XP. I made three partitions: C: for the system and two others for Data. I don't know how, but they got dialers, viruses etc. My brother installed many games and filled one partition completely with games (15 Gig!) and crippled the system so much, that I gave up helping them. I explained why separate user-setups are good and why you should install programs where I intended them to install. I jut gave up. Maybe I suggest a SuSE-Install for all of them with everything they need (the usual stuff: E-Mail, browser, Office) and dual-boot with windows for the games.I think they can learn it. Hey, I had to learn it without help, so they will with my help, I think. With the right setup noone gets affected and I can sleep better ;-)