Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Nov 2005 19:18 UTC
Linux desktops have always faced an uphill battle against Windows desktops. Now, OSDL is calling together architects from over two-dozen key desktop-oriented Linux projects to a Dec. 1-2 meeting at its headquarters to set strategic directions and standards, and find synergies amongst Desktop Linux organizations.
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"That's irrelevant. What matters is the Desktop Environment. KDE and Gnome pretty much identical on every Linux distros, and other *nix systems for that matter."
It's pretty much identical yes. But the little details can throw off a number of users. I know because I myself teach people how to use computers. It's amazing. With some users you can switch them from Firefox to IE (or vice-versa) and some of them become confused to the point that they won't do anything besides stare at the screen with a blank expression, will just flat out announce that they give up, or will somehow manage to do the wrong thing.
Now... This is obviously not true for all users. I used Fixefox just fine from day 1. I'm also using it right now.
"The people who'd have trouble adjusting are not the Joe Users of the world - they'll find out how to send e-mail or navigate the web easily enough. The users who'll have a hard time are Windows power users who are already used to their way of doing and controlling the U.S."
Agreed. But in some cases, it's not that they aren't "set in their ways", it's that they are busy and know how to do it with Windows. How long will it take them to figure out how to do it with Linux? Pretty quickly? Maybe worth a shot. All day? Hmmm... But this may be a rush job and the deadline IS the end of the day. All month? 3 months?
"Don't underestimate Joe User's capability to learn new thing. He's not stupid, and he's not so deep-set in his ways that he'll view any new way of doing things with hostility, like some power users are."
It varies from one user to another. Some are quiet slow. Others are very set in their ways. However... It is true that there are people who aren't either those. However, as I said before. Some people are busy.
A number of users are quite busy. raver31 says they're lazy. Grnted... Some people are lazy. Some people are aroogant too. There's a whole wide range of people. My point was.. That they are not necesarily lazy simply because they won't learn Linux and use Windows instead.