Linked by Massimo Sandal on Thu 7th Jul 2005 20:14 UTC
Recently in a post on my blog I argued that, despite many claims to the contrary, GNU/Linux is almost ready for the desktop. In particular, I argued that GNU/Linux is already a very good and easy desktop if people just take the time to learn its very basic differences with Windows before actually using it. Note: Don't forget to rate this article!
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RE[3]:Linux NOWHERE NEAR ready for the desktop..
by ma_d on Fri 8th Jul 2005 19:01
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I think you can forgive some bad english on his part...
I totally agree with you on number 4 there. Sometimes the best way to fix things is a reinstall (I had a box that was "pwned" and running someone's ftp server; a clean wipe of the disk was the only thing that'd convince me that was all gone without a trace). But most people aren't sitting as out in the public as that machine was (University machine).
Number 5 is totally wrong. Grandma actually wants the software to just be there for her; going to Best Buy is a method she has grown comfortable with only through experience.
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Hey, "Budd", this isn't Slashdot, we don't need illiterate posts bandying the word 'troll' over and over.
1) Everyone I knows uses Word, most use Excel, many use Powerpoint and even Access. The idea that "no one has heard of Office" (to clean up your syntax considerably) is ridiculous.
2) Virtually everyone can install software on a Windows or Mac box. Buy a new game at the store and stick the CD in the drive. 99 percent of the time it works fine. Most PC or Mac owners have done this with little problem.
3) So you base your opinions of user interfaces on other people's reviews? Get an opinion of your own.
4) I help my ex-wife and others with their PCs on occasion. I have never reinstalled the OS, that is rarely necessary (although many people who are pretending to be experts do this in lieu of actual problem solving abilities).
5) The tax software was just an example. Geez, there are tens of thousands of PC apps, thousands for the Mac. Linux is very nice but the software library just can't match. Grandma doesn't want to "search the web for an alternative", she wants to go to Best Buy and get something off the shelf she has heard of and has been recommended to her.