This light hearted review is a look at how a girl who uses Windows (and is non-technical) deals with using Fedora Linux instead. In fact, she likes it so much, she uses it all the time now. If she can use Fedora Linux, anyone can.
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2005-06-29
I believe she said that if she can use it anyone can. She did not say "if it's good enough for me it's good enough for anyone."
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There's a clear difference.
Using a computer is not defined by what you do on it but simply by an ability to do some basic tasks on it. Of course, professionals should probably almost always use what their company wishes them to use; unless they've found something immensely more useful. Amatuers should use what they want to use.
I do a lot more on my computer than she does, and I find linux to be helpful for me:
Mostly development.
E-mail, web of course.
Checking out an occasional video.
Jukebox.
Some minor image editing.
Music ripping.
Occasional game, but usually games like wesnoth. I have a windows load for games like UT and Doom3.
Lots o' irc and im
You'll always find a niche for every platform on the market that it's simply not the best for and often that it's just awful for. But that's no reason to say it's not ready for most people...