On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 08:56 +0530, Abhishek wrote:
> Ya exactly one more point will be that Linux is easy to use but
> easier to screw up for a normal user,it's not that ignorant friendly
> while Windows is very ignorant or n00b friendly stuff what we call
> making it difficult for a "normal" user to screw up..

Try that the other way around. It's far easier for an ignorant Windows
user to screw things up. That's why the world's infested with Windows
viruses, and broken Windows PCs.

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Tim wrote:

On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 08:56 +0530, Abhishek wrote:

Ya exactly one more point will be that Linux is easy to use but
easier to screw up for a normal user,it's not that ignorant friendly
while Windows is very ignorant or n00b friendly stuff what we call
making it difficult for a "normal" user to screw up..



Try that the other way around. It's far easier for an ignorant Windows
user to screw things up. That's why the world's infested with Windows
viruses, and broken Windows PCs.


Ya but actually its more easy to call a hardware engineer or a
knowledgeable friend and get it fixed at a pretty low
price/free..Imagine screwing up a linux machine even hardware engineers
refuse to touch the machine..Forums/mailing lists is an option but what
if the system is screwed and no spare PC with internet? There are many
such problems...I think Linux should be taught in every school like they
teach windows XP :-)


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Tim:
>> Try that the other way around. It's far easier for an ignorant Windows
>> user to screw things up. That's why the world's infested with Windows
>> viruses, and broken Windows PCs.

Abhishek Rane:
> Ya but actually its more easy to call a hardware engineer or a
> knowledgeable friend and get it fixed at a pretty low
> price/free..

More common to take it to some place, or a friend, that does a wipe and
re-install, with no proper diagnosis. It's clear from the staff that
I've talked to at various computer companies that few really have any
idea about computing. They're only at the point-and-click level, too.

> Imagine screwing up a linux machine even hardware engineers
> refuse to touch the machine..

I find it's much harder for someone to screw up a Linux box in the first
place. And since there's quite a limit to how you initially got
yourself a Linux box, a completely lost user just has to go back to
there, and start again. If you installed it yourself, you can
re-install it yourself.

> Forums/mailing lists is an option but what if the system is screwed
> and no spare PC with internet?

Same applies to Windows. I don't know how some people manage with only
one PC. So many faults almost require a second machine to sort out
(reading on-line information, downloading replacement/repair software,
etc).

> I think Linux should be taught in every school like they
> teach windows XP :-)

Must be different where you are, but they don't teach such things around
here. It's a box on the desk that you click on things. You're not
actually taught anything about how it works.

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On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 16:34 +0200, Peter Lauri wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 07:23 -0600, lostson wrote:
> > If fedora is not 'plug n play' what distro would you reccommend for
> > one's mother then ?
>
> I am sad to say it, but with 99.99% chance Windows XP

<cackles> My Mom gave up on Windows as well, and just gave me the whole
shebang. Now I get to do some networking, after I install linux to it.
Mom said the the computer revolution had passed her by and that she
really wanted nothing to do with it! I gotta give her credit though.
Good ole Mom did give it a whirl to see what the fuss was about.
Ric

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