Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 7th Dec 2007 06:34 UTC
"Many people are looking to Ubuntu to be something that it is not: A mass market ready operating system designed to work with the same level of compatibility as Microsoft Windows. Where people get confused is in believing that if Ubuntu, king of the Linux distros, is not able to take the marketplace by storm, then something must be broken with desktop Linux. In this article, I'll explain what it will take to dethrone the mighty Ubuntu and gain a market share so large that it will eclipse anything seen by Ubuntu to date." More here.
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RE[2]: Average User Expectations
by xsf0 on Fri 7th Dec 2007 19:17
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Member since:2007-12-07
I've seen what you're describing as well.
But I've worked in a mixed (OS X,Win) place and many, many times I encountered the "average" or even "power" user sit down at one or the other OS, look for the thing to click and declare:
"I don't know how people use this! It won't even Y!"
Not to mention if a menu item moved on their platform of choice. . .painful, painful.
Not to mention they are *constantly* having arguments over which system is more powerful and life-changing 
Reading this, I seem (even to myself) a little snarky--but I'm really just describing what I've seen.
Heck, I ride a motorbike everyday and when I must replace my gloves or boots, it is *painful* to readjust. So, I'm not throwing stones.
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2005-07-24
I think you are on to something, there. But the difference between a geek and a regular user, in that scenario, is that it is the geek who will tend to take that attitude and blame the OS. Whereas "regular users" tend to blame their computer illiteracy. I've noticed that "regular users" sometimes take a sort of perverted pride in the fact of their illiteracy for some unfathomable reason.