On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Wayne Davis > Until linux becomes MUCH more plug & play, the > "average" consumer will balk.
I used to often have the whole "not ready for primetime" and "for the power user" discussion with an old co-worker and the conclusion we both came to is that Linux will never be accepted until it *IS* Windows. In the last couple of incarnations of my choice of distribution, every piece of random hardware I've plugged in has been plug and play. Printers, cards, scanners, webcams, joysticks, and all sorts of USB devices. After an easy install, it was instantly online. It all just works. For the software, there was indeed a learning curve, but that happened with my Commodore Pet, TRS-80 Model I and every computer since then. My now 70 year old parents who are completely computer illiterate use it daily for email, browsing, skype and webcam. For the Windows "Power User," it's probably a good idea to stick with Windows, but for almost everyone else, I think Linux is ready for 90% of modern computer users. Daniel -- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | Daniel P. Stasinski | http://www.saidsimple.com | dan...@avenues.org | http://www.disabilities-r-us.com | XMMP: moooo...@avenues.org | http://www.avenues.org | Google Talk: mooooooo | http://www.scriptkitties.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
