<> > > Linux by its very nature strongly encourages technical learning, > > but > > for every Linux box on the desktop, there are 50 W--dows boxes, > > with > > an operating system that increasingly encourages technical > > ignorance. > > But Linux, thanks to GUI interfaces, is getting closer and closer to > being very very ignorant friendly. :) <snip>
The actual GUI pretty much taken care of for GNU/Linux; KDE can approach (and in some places, exceed) the user-freindlyness of a Windows desktop. The actual installation is what is holding back GNU/Linux. Can your mom install any of the distributions (pick one, any one will do) of GNU/Linux? Can your mom install Windows (any version)? The answer is most likely no to both questions, and it will likely remain that way because an OS installation is, by its very nature, a very complex task. Therefore, I come to the conclusion that GNU/Linux will not win until you can walk into Best Buy or CompUSSR and grab a GNU/Linux box off the shelf with everything pre-installed. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
