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No waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Seriously, people need to uninstall Windows from their heads. M$ isn't ever going to develop a OS better than the good Linux distros out there. ROFLOLIs true
Windows is not a good OS, is the most used because the people use it, but, if slowly the marked start pointing to the other direction (Mac and Linux) windows will finish without people, because, Linux and Mac are better Options!Linux geeks need to get past
Linux geeks need to get past the fact that Windows is what people know and will gravitate to, whether or not it is a "superior" OS or not. Linux is, in a friends' words, "scary" because it's unknown, and people don't have time to learn an unknown OS, whether or not it's supported by the PC manufacturer or a bunch of geeks on a website.Windows way is not Friendly user
Normally people think that windows way is the friendly user, Mac and Linux are more friendly user that windows, with toons of options to use!linux vs ms simplicity
Well I do think that many Linux distributions are stronger than Microsoft. The problem is though with Linux if you run into a problem the average consumer would be stumped. By that I mean they have to find the distributions website and look into the forums for support, know how to type commands and all sorts of things most people don't even want to have to hassle with.Make Linux easier for end users to troubleshoot without having to do command line repairs, or compiling kernels and it good.
Users Use, technicias Fix and Set
That is a General rule, USERS USE the PC, Problems need to be fixed by Technicians, When M$ put the user to SetUP problems happend (virus, malware, datalose, etc)Easier?
What's so easy about windows?Third party system utility suites will always have a market in MS users.
Anyone who thinks Linux is hard must be thinking of Linux as it was at the end of Last Century. apt-get update brain.*
Let's face it, Synaptek, KDE and Gnome utilities, and the tools offered by specific distros are simpler or at least as simple as the M$ offerings.
I've 3 techno-idiot friends that I built computers for. They ran linux no problem that they would not have had on any other OS (win or mac). They did web stuff, email, camera, printer, scanner, music etc. no problem - NO COMMAND LINE.
Linux help systems are actually pretty useful.
~steve~
Linux rox!
Konqueror is King!
Mepis is simply the best.
KDE for me please.
Linux misconception
It is a misconception that Linux requires the knowledge of command line. There is a graphic front end for most everything the average person does. I have worked with the average user for many years and I tell you when something goes wrong on a windows pc the average user is just as lost as they would be if they were using linux. And I have used linux for years and never once have I had to compile anything that I didn't want to and I know of no one who compiles their kernel, just the number geeks, and if they could they would do the same with windows.Yes, easier.
I agree that Windows or Mac is easier for the normal user. I got Ubuntu recently with no prior knowledge to try. Both my wireless card and my sound card are unsupported out of the box. Know what that leaves me with? A weirdly shaped paperweight. Windows and Mac are supported by the hardware, end of story.Now I know there are workarounds, but if you visit the forums (the only available help) the only solutions you will find are command line. On a Windows or Mac, the hardest thing you have to do is maybe insert a CD and click NEXT a few times.
Just my $0.02
How to gain marketshare for Linux in one simple step:
Stop telling users to use command-line fixes and such.Tailor a distribution that hides errors behind stupid dialog boxes, and tell the users to send it in for repairs (I know a place, it's my workplace, ka-ching!)...
Hey, it works for Microsoft! Besides, you can't expect regular computer users -- especially among us, the American public, many of whom are quite proud of their ignorance and "non-nerdiness" -- to even TRY.
That's what you're getting wrong, Linuxites. Linux on the desktop has to keep it all away from users, not tell them what's happening. Even if it's broken, they just don't give a crap.