Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 30th Jun 2009 16:48 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes While traversing about the web this afternoon, I came across a rather funny subject title for a forum post. The person asked if any "normal" people use Linux, but went on to ask forgiveness for the lack of a better word than "normal." He wonders if anyone who isn't an open source, uber-geeky, stay-up-until-dawn-exploring-code fanatic actually uses Linux. Though the congregation here at OSNews is (obviously) comprised of very many of the aforementioned fanatics (in a sense; wear the title with pride), I also believe there to be many readers who are more or less "normal," for the lack of a better word, and plenty who may fall in between both spectrums of nerdiness.
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Normal people use linux until.............
by rakamaka on Tue 30th Jun 2009 18:45 UTC
rakamaka
Member since:
2005-08-12

until they face abnormal problems...
until they have to install peripherals.....
until they have to install and uninstall any software/programs....
until they don't have 2 hrs to set their sound card..
till then everything is rosy rosy...
and then they turn to what 90% of normal population uses....

boblmartens Member since:
2009-06-30

Huh?

Everything you listed I already have to do for ANY Windows machine. Like I've said, those people who have used it have LESS problems and I end up doing LESS technical support for them.

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renhoek Member since:
2007-04-29

until they face abnormal problems...
until they have to install peripherals.....
until they have to install and uninstall any software/programs....
until they don't have 2 years to set their sound card..
till then everything is rosy rosy...
and then they turn to what 90% of normal population uses....

So, fixed that for you. Yeah, mod me down if you want to, but your time is better spend fixing alsa/oss/pulseaudio/jack/esd/aRts/GStreamer (humor me and list the ones i forgot),

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Delgarde Member since:
2008-08-19

and then they turn to what 90% of normal population uses....


Their local friendly geek? That's what most non-geeks I know do if they need to add new hardware or software to their machine (Windows or otherwise)...

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phoenix Member since:
2005-07-11

until they face abnormal problems...
until they have to install peripherals.....
until they have to install and uninstall any software/programs....
until they don't have 2 hrs to set their sound card..
till then everything is rosy rosy...
and then they turn to what 90% of normal population uses....


Sounds just like all the Windows XP users I know (home users).

If it doesn't come pre-installed and pre-configured, very few people know how to "fix" things, or add peripherals, or install new software, or even how to run Windows Update.

Since I'm the family "computer geek", I get all the phone calls to do all the things you've listed. Even from the younger cousins (those in their early 20s)!!

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