see inline. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Mark Filipak <markfilipak.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2013/2/26 3:53 PM, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > -snip- > >> Unfortunately, this is about as interesting to the average person as the >> engine manufacturer in their motor vehicle > > -snip- > > Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! I'm interested in Linux. It's not Microsoft or Google. > It's open source. But I don't run Linux. > > An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People understand > this. > > If documentation is vague or excessively wordy, the OS will be difficult to > use. People understand this. > > The only installation decisions I should have to make are: What user name do > I want? What time zone am I in? I should not have to decide what GUI I want. > That should be determined later or not at all. > > For everyone who doesn't have their own development department to adapt > Linux kernels to their widget, Linux has been a toy OS for technoweenies. > That hasn't changed in 10 years and Linux has made no headway on the desktop > (or the laptop). Why is that? > > What you say is simply not true. I have installed linux (ubuntu) on my daughters laptops, along with windows as a dual boot machine.
They are almost only using linux. ¿Why? They say it is because it is easier tom use than windows. Kjetil > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/512d2a96.7010...@gmail.com > -- "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever." George Orwell (1984) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAH=m5MhZ81DdSj9oPrmwhw42Jrm_DmkNvcFzbL1-owOvYTSk=g...@mail.gmail.com
