Sorry I'm behind the times here, but I just got back from a long vacation. So if anything I say has been said before, forgive me. I've only scanned the last 100 or so messages.
Why is Linux not ready for the masses? It may have security risks, but since the average e-mail is geared towards attacking a Windows system, there's a certain saftey in annonimity. As far as I'm concerned, every person who is stupid enough to open an unfamiliar attachment, yet is miraculously protected from spamming me with viruses thanks to Linux is a good thing in my book. I would consider myself one of those people you'd probably say aren't ready for Linux. Not a good enough geek. But I run it and I love it. I think we can cater this to the masses very well. I have tried to get my mother, sisters, roommates, neighbors, etc to run Linux. I think they can do it and do fine. Especially if it's dual-booting with Windows. My best suggestion for your flier Scott is to tone it down a bit if you want to cater more to the masses. Non-geeks will find dense type about computers intimidating at a glance. My other suggestion for hte booth is to get a flier going asking people what primary applications they use now with Windows (MS Office, Photoshop, etc) with a nice line-up off all the FREE equivalents in Linux. Let them check what they use with the explaination that their installer can show them how the Open Source equivalent works. A flier like that would also allow you to get an idea of what the newbies will be interested in. Shutting up now. -Jamie K. Cummings- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm not inattentive, you're just boring." ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
