The Last time I went to best buy, I asked the laptop guys if anyone in the store used Linux on a regular bases and did that person know of a Linux compatible wireless bridge. They informed me of the Linux guru in back. 5 min later Max came out and informed me that the only version of Linux he "knows" well is backtrack2 and that he had never installed Linux "per say".
I just walked away. I think for the most part, given their current employee situation, it is probably better that Best Buy hold back on informing people about Linux. It is not as important that people hear about Linux as it is important that they hear about it correctly and that their first experience with Nix is a good one. People need to be well informed about Linux, why it is better and where industry fails to help the community with support and compatibility. My family loves their Linux machine and the Windows admins I know hate Linux. That is because I have explained Linux to mom while no one has ever explained thing to the M$ Admins, nor will they let me because they know everything about "computers". So mom's machine has always worked , while my friend Grant has a computer in the corner of his house that he never turns on because it does not run .exe files. Chris... On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Gilbert Mendoza <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I figured I'd take a look myself. I found it sandwiched between >> some virus software and some game. > > Haha... figures. Perhaps we should start an initiative that whenever > a LoCo or LUG member goes into BestBuy, we hunt for and place them on > top of the MS boxes. ;-) > > -- > Gilbert Mendoza > PGP: 0x7403B303 > Email: gmendoza at gmail.com > http://www.savvyadmin.com > https://launchpad.net/~gmendoza > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GilbertMendoza > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
