What was the original question to this posting? On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:29:51 +0900 Pascal Pascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> john rigby wrote: > > > Hi Shane, > > Sorry you are disqualified, too! :-) > > You are obviously very techo if not Geek! > > > > What I'm chasing is whether any non-tech/geek people have ever > > succeeded. These are Users. > > People who simply want to make/improve their earning capacity via > > increased productivity. > > People who are ancient - like over 30. > > At last I found a field in which I can qualify! > > > Vis: > > Anyone who has previously successfully installed any kind of Network > > is disqualified. :-) > > Oops! I am disqualified! I happened once to plug a localtalk cable to a > laserprinter. > And it worked. > > > Anyone who LOVES the challenge of computer exercises. > > The THRILL of recovering trashed records, totalled systems. > > No, seriously this time: > > As for the success history: > > I have bought Mandrake 8.0 powerpack. Once I inserted the disks, I had > to follow the menus only and I didn't have to reply to obscure questions > Every board was detected, the printer worked at once. As for the > network, yes, I had to condigure it (i.e. I had to choose "DHCP" to > connect to my modem), and that was it. KMail worked at once, KWord, > K-everything. So to summarize, I didn't have to configure anything > except DHCP and the screen resolution after first reboot. > As for FrontPage, I don't know, I have never used it. But netscape's > editor works well for all what I want to do. > > As a comparison, I didn't success to fully install Win 98. it asks > obscure questions, it needs 4 or 5 reboots + one extra reboot after each > driver install. > And the top, the cherry on top of the cake: when you install a driver, > Win is not even able to find the driver itself in the floppy / CD you > insert. You have to point the path. It is not even capable of knowing > that it has to search not in the NT directory, but in the W98. This was > the end of my w98 experience. Fortunately, I didn't pay for it. Well, > this is way off-topic. > > Sorry. Back to Mandrake. > > Now the critics: > - Installing the system in Japanese is not smooth and there is some work > to be done. Not very geeky, but nevertheless it has to be done. I am > looking foreward to installing 8.2. to see how it works (I couldn't get > an error-less download yet, so I guess I'll have to wait for the CDS). > - CD burning software is geeky (at least for me). I opened the GUIs for > CD burning, and there are tons of buttons, asking me whether I want > ISO something, Joliet (or was it Romeo???) or whatever. So I bought a > G4 and I fry my CDs with it. By the way, does anyone know a _SIMPLE_ > GUI for CD burning on Linux? I mean an interface with 3 buttons: burn, > erase, and open file? A further choice music / data / disc image would > be acceptable although it should be the burner's job to decide what to > do according to the contents. All the geeky stuff should be in the > prefs. > > > As for the productivity, it never freezes. Win used to freeze once a > day, or at least several times a week. From that point, it was as stable > as MacOS. But now, I didn't freeze Linux over about 1 year. I also like > the ability of writing pdf files, and I have a high compatibility degree > with my colleagues. > I really hope Japanese will work out of the box for later releases in > order to start Linux evangelism here. > > That's about it for the "usable out of the box" subject. > > As a conclusion: > - as long as you install an english (and probably all > other western language) system, you get everything working at once > without computer knowledge. All the network / ISP parameters are on > your ISP contract. > - There are still a few geeky softwares that you have to get used to. > Although this is not an OS issue, the average end user does not > necessary understand where the OS / application border is. > > Yes, there are some first go success stories with a very minimal > knowledge. Well, if you don't know what a mouse is, like president > Chirac, I'm not sure you will success. > > Pascal > > > > > -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Mandrake Linux 8.1 Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk KDE 2.2.1 Sylpheed 0.7.2 David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Homepage www.davidlsteiner.com Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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