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(Unverified)Jan 8th 2008 9:22AM
This article is a great example why Linux will just never become main stream...
(Unverified)Jan 8th 2008 9:39AM
Why is that? Because Linux offers choice? Or because Linux has great systems for installing software that's much easier to use than Windows?
Let us know why you think this means Linux won't be mainstream. Just saying that and not giving any reasons is just asking to start a flame war.
(Unverified)Jan 8th 2008 9:46AM
Did you read the article? Choice is only good when its informed choice... The average user has no clue what any of this stuff is and articles like this don't make it sound less complicated or easier to deal with...
I don't hate Linux or anything like that but its designed by "geeks" for "geeks"... OSX is a perfect example of how to do Linux right... most people don't know OSX is Linux... you need to have a single "front" for the OS... not an infinate number of choices that are hard to understand.
(Unverified)Jan 8th 2008 11:21AM
"most people don't know OSX is Linux"
Most people know that Mac OS X is not Linux.
The kernel, XNU, is a hybrid of Mach and BSD.
Although their bases are similar, Mac OS X and linux are not the same thing. "Don't compare apples to penguins." (TM)
You also can't make a certain GUI [or any other program for that matter] standard for Linux, because Linux is just a kernel. And having a standard Linux distribution would be impossible.
"Old McDonald bought the farm, E-I-E-I-O!"
and then he kicked the bucket, bit the dust,...
(Unverified)Jan 9th 2008 2:29AM
You click on Synaptic, search for the name of the program you need, check mark it, it'll then automatically find everything else you need, click apply and you are done, whats so hard about that?
I love that I don't need to agree to any agreements every single freaking time I install something.
(Unverified)Jan 9th 2008 8:43AM
Quote: "This article is a great example why Linux will just never become main stream..."
.....uhhh, is that because most people are too flipping lazy to really learn how to use the tools that they're working with?
That's why God made Sysadmins. It was in the bylines after the 3rd day.
=8^P>
(Unverified)Jan 9th 2008 3:29PM
I work with Windows users constantly. Except for advanced Windows users (who wouldn't have a problem understanding how this works in Linux) not a single Windows user understands how installations work in Windows.
A long time ago I stopped trying to explain the registry (an abomination not matter how you look at it) and anything else related to directories, caches, file extensions, etc...
I would never recommend to a user to try all the distros that are out there. I point them to Ubuntu because of it's support and popularity on the net. When they're ready, I'm certain they'll look at other distros - especially the advanced users.