Linked by Adam S on Sun 6th Apr 2003 17:18 UTC
This is my reaction to Tsu Dho Nimh's "Migrating to Linux not easy for Windows users" featured on Linuxworld.com recently. It's not a response, I'm not challenging his opinions, which I feel are not only valid, but mostly right, it's just a reaction.
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> slightly most people believe it or not can handle.
I love these generalised 'MOST PEOPLE' comments. Do you know 'MOST PEOPLE'? No you don't. Have you done any research? No you haven't.
The truth is you can use Windows. Yes, that is the truth. Many people use it every day. Sure there are things that are frustrating at times - same goes for Linux. But with Windows you can use it WITHOUT ever having to touch regedit. With Linux, depending on your hardware, you may be able to do the same - but my system doesn't play nice with any of the more automated Linux distros, so I've had to delve into text files and figure out their syntax etc. This has been my experience on more than just my own system. And sure, comments in the text files helped - but not every config file is well commented, and what if I don't speak the language that the comments are written in? I speak English, but believe it or not, not everyone does.
> W95,w95b,w98,w98se,wme,w2k,wxp
Yes, things evolve - over time. Not 'sideways' as in Linux. This is what makes Linux a problem for commercial developers to develop for 'Linux' as it is a 'Fuzzy' target. Most commercial developers only seem to support RedHat or maybe another mainstream distro. True, the product may work without problem on other distros - but they don't guarantee it.
> If windows is as easy as some think it is how come the
Video Professor (windows tutorial) has been raking in the bucks for so many years ?
I have never said Windows is easy, but it is quick to learn the basics that you need to use it as a tool. Linux has a steeper learning curve, so why should someone leave Windows for Linux? At the moment I see no reason on the desktop of the average home user. As for all those Windows tutorials... well someone on this forum said Windows etc is not in our DNA, people need to learn somehow.