On Wednesday 29 May 2002 08:41 pm, Brian Parish did speak unto the huddled 
masses, saying:

> So this is the real difference from my viewpoint.  The guy next door
> knows about W$, but not about linux.  Given someone like me to set it up
> and provide an icon for each thing you want to do, Mandrake is not a
> problem for the novice.
>
> It's a telling point that having changed the 83 year old over to linux
> from W98, the number of "support" calls I have received is so far zero -
> used to average several per week.

so long as you complete the install (you got flash on their right?  :) i 
agree.  and linux is harder for them to mess up if explain they should 
never run as root....

...or don't tell them the root password.  :P

-- 
If someone tells you they possess the truth, listen carefully.  If they tell 
you they possess the *only* truth, run for your life.

shane
Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html
Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98
Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/
Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/


Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Reply via email to