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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Am I the only one here who thinks that this article doesn't tell us *anything*? It purports to be about newbies using Linux, but is really about some guy installing Linux for them! The newbies typed all of two commands. I was expecting an article about how a newbie got through that awful Debian installer, and it turns out they didn't install anything!! What kind of reviews are these now? One woman typing two commands? People who need software for a business, and being told that GNUCash *might* do what they need? How does this help them? This isn't a troll, but of the "newbie installation" reviews we've been getting a lot of lately on this site, this has to be the most useless I've seen to date.