On 09/08/2012 09:03 PM, Weaver wrote:
On Sat, September 8, 2012 8:51 am, Camaleón wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:37:55 -0700, Weaver wrote:
I know how hard it can be to see the forest when you are too close to
the trees, so I thought I would re-post something I put up in another
forum where Miguel de Icaza's recent communication was being discussed
and in answer to Vaughan-Nicholl's recent article of semi-acceptance.
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The most 'untechie' person on the planet can use any Linux distribution
once it is installed.
(...)
The reason they don't is the install procedure.
(...)
I think it's not that easy.
First, because "untechie" users neither have to install Windows nor MacOS
as both usually come along with the computer in a pre-installed form thus
they only have to provide some basic data.
Yes, a couple have made this point, but from my own personal experience,
it's not the case.
I am not what you could call 'financially endowed' and always obtained
older and, in many cases, in complete boxes.
I couldn't afford the brand new OEM boxes, so always had to install
Windows, when I used it, myself.
I had to buy that.
>From memory, it ran itself.
There were perhaps a couple of questions that didn't require reference to
Einstein, but that was all.
Nothing anywhere near as complex as an expert Debian install, which is
what I prefer now.
Not to the point of being one of the 'High-Riders', but I'm getting there.
Regards,
Weaver.
Don't know about Debian, it's been a while since I installed that, but I
*have* installed a few others,
and in most cases the only things you have to input are your language,
your keyboard, and your
time zone. And whether you will use the system time. (Thunderbird
requires a few inputs, but
they're the same in Windows.) That doesn't seem very complicated to me.
. . .
--doug
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