Linked by Charles Williams on Mon 7th Apr 2003 03:17 UTC
We have all heard the horror stories of how GNU/Linux is difficult, if not almost impossible, as far as general desktop usability is concerned. In particular, there seems to be a continuous stream of gripes printed across the Internet, from Microsoft Windows users who wish, or have tried, to migrate to GNU/Linux, yet gave up in frustration. But what happens when complete computer newbies are introduced to GNU/Linux? By computer newbies, I am referring to those who have no computer experience whatsoever, in either a Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix or other environment.
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I'd love to see this article updated a year from now to see if these people are still using Debian. I'm certainly not saying that won't be - it would just be interesting to see if they are.
Only bad thing is, if something should happen to you (let's hope not), unless they know somebody else who knows how to solve Linux problems (like the lady who was raving about its stability), they're probably going to be shit out of luck. So, just make sure you point them to the Linux Documentation Project and other sites so in the event you get abucted by aliens (or whatever), they'll know where to get help.