>PS - People take all their accumulated windows knowledge for granted. Years and years and years of it, and then expect that they can learn a new OS over night. Simply rediculous.<
The truth is that I have *never* purchased or read a book on using the Windows operating system. I've never had to go online and look for DOC, with the exception of when Microsoft stuff crashes, in which case you can use their knowledge base. I had never even used the Windows Help system until my network didn't work. And then it was useful stuff. Their network stuff for 95/98 is a mess, and doesn't work right. But the help file was readable and gave you clear instructions on what you were supposed to do. Anyway, the purpose of my post was not to criticize Linux. The purpose was to point out to people that Linux could have a much brighter future than it does now. My point is for every page which is actually readable by a newbie, there are 100 pages of stuff which is incomprehensible to him. A zillion pages on how to do all kinds of exotic cool things, and hardly any organized info on how to get Linux running with a GUI so you can run a word-processor, internet browser, email, and and be able to get printouts. And those pages which *are* suitable for newbies are mixed in with all the expert stuff. So I like Linux itself, and am pretty soured on Windows. But in my opinion people who are devoted to Linux could improve the market share dramatically by spending less time coming up with new kernels and versions of everything, and more time looking at why people who try Linux turn away after a short experiment. -Kevin Stokes
