That's why we must give as much help as possible. That learning curve is
steep but once you're there, you will not go back. No more annual
ransoms to Microsoft. No more buying the best and latest hardware and
then be defeated by Window's bloatness. All this money I'm saving is
going into more boxes throughout the house. Three years ago I could not
have dreamed of this incredible scenario that we're enjoying. A lot of
my non-techy friends are also starting to see the light. Although
they're nervous about abandoning their winbox, they are buying new boxes
with just Linux installed.
Seve
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On 7/23/00, 1:27:07 PM, Pj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re:
[expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Efficient?:
> Amen! You might also add that many of the Windows converts won't have the
> patience or don't want to take the time to work thru the little problems.
> I've been trying for several months to install a stable Mdk. Every time I
> get close I find another hardware problem. At the rate I'm going I won't
> live long enough to learn what Linux is..but in the meantime I sure am
> learing what it ain't!
> Pj
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> At 12:47 PM 7/23/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Submitted 23-Jul-00 by Ralph Day:
> >> Why do you say the i810 video support is shaky at this point? It works
> >> great and is packaged with LM 7.1. I'll admit you do have to do a
little
> >> hand configuration.
> >
> >That's why :/ The i810's are marketted to entry level consumers, who
> >would be more than a little miffed at not having it work
> >"out-of-the-box."
> >
> >Remember that as Linux becomes more mainstream, we are going to be
> >getting more (and more) people who:
> >
> > 1) Have never used anything but Windows/MacOS (when the LM PPC port
> > becomes available)
> >
> > 2) Never had to manually configure anything
> >
> > 3) Don't know that X isn't the OS, just an interface.
> >
> > 4) Refuse to accept answers/solutions because they don't like them.
> > (Witness the gentleman who complained numerous times about being
> > unable to install X on his unsupported video card).
> >
> > 5) Are more than willing to blame the OS for their own lack of
> > knowledge.
> >
> >I can't count the times I have had to tell somebody to edit
> >such-and-such file instead of using a (rather limited) GUI front-end
> >to a program. Our Windows converts are coming from a point and click
> >world in which all of the thinking has been done for them.
> >
> >If we want to keep these people, we need to steer them away from
> >hardware that may pose difficulties for them until they are
> >comfortable enough to do the tweaking that makes it work.
> >
> >In the meantime, hardware support improves constanty. The i810 is
> >considered by many to be a priority project, so I wouldn't be
> >surprised if it was Linux-newbie friendly by the time 7.2 becomes
> >available.
> >
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> >
> >
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