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| DATE | 2008-03-28 |
| FROM | From: "Michael L. Richardson"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Linux ready for the home desktop?
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Please stop saying that Linux is not ready for the desktop. 1. Every
time you say it,it turns people off from GNU/Linux OS's. 2. If you wait
for GNU/Linux OS's to be perfect they never will be. 3. Are there any
OS's out there that don't have problems?
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Mark Simko wrote:
> That is one reason why Linux is more ready than Windoze.
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> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:55 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
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>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 06:31:55AM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
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>>> I introduced my parents to Linux [Ubuntu Gutsy] at their place, and they
>>> tried it for a few days. It was still too new for them, so they opted
>>> back for Windows.
>>>
>>> I was considering re-introducing it to them at some other point, until a
>>> few days later, my Linux box (Ubuntu) presented me with a reminder why
>>> Windows and Mac are still desktop-ready, but Linux isn't - the obligatory
>>> filesystem check if the machine has been rebooted at least 30 times.
>>>
>>> This leads me to the question of can this check be turned off? I know it
>>> is a kernel function, and not distro-based. If it can be turned off, what
>>> are the consequences?
>>>
>>> How do the [net/free/open]BSD families handle checks, since their kernels
>>> are different, I think.
>>>
>>> Thanks for feedback.
>>>
>>>
>> If GNU/Linux is not ready for the desktop, what else can a person use?
>> Seems to me nothing else is better, or even usable.
>>
>> Ruben
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>>
>>> Scott
>>>
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