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DATE | 2008-03-28 |
FROM | Mark Simko
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Linux ready for the home desktop?
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I agree. The point is, I spend a lot less time fixing my computer now that I am using Ubuntu. Using XP is death by a thousand cuts. For the most part, Ubuntu just works.
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 16:06 -0400, ronny abraham wrote: > I haven't used Suse, but I have installed Ubuntu on my macbook pro. > Ubuntu is very close, but it still has further to go in terms of > usability. > > Yes, I know we all regard linux as the "One True OS". But the reason > why people prefer Mac/Windows is because it is designed to be used by > an idiot. That is, by someone who has absolutely zero interest > whatsoever in learning how to configure his system. In fact, this is > the real reason why people are so frustrated with Vista. Putting > aside the numerous security problems, etc, that Vista has; people > don't give a damn about WHY the thing isn't working, they just want > it to run. > > This same element ("get it to run"), is also why they don't feel like > relearning a new set of commands to do something, even if the new > commands are more efficient, even if the new software is better, > faster, whatever. Irrelevant. The software isn't their life, it's > peripheral to their life. > > -ron > > > On Mar 27, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Mark Simko wrote: > > > That is one reason why Linux is more ready than Windoze. > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:55 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 06:31:55AM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >>> Scott > >>> > >>> -- > >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>> believed to be clean. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> Discuss-at-blu.org > >>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > >
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