On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 20:11 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 06/05/06, Mike McMullin
wrote: I realize I'm nitpicking here, but "windows user(s)" and "typical windows user(s)" can be two completely different animals. The first is all inclusive, and a poor choice of words, the second has built in exclusions, i.e. those who write and compile windows apps.
I'd say that the percentage of Windows users who do not know one jot of programming far, far out ways those who do. Whereas the opposite is true in the Linux world. One day, many years in the future the latter will change. A PC user should not 'have' to know about how to compile software just to use the PC. The PC is now a consumer item the same as a tv set. As unpalatable as it may be to many long term Linux fans, the tide has to turn if more people are going to use Linux. I'm not saying that to stir up trouble just that it is a necessity.
Of the several times I have tried compiling programs for Linux (and I mean from source dl'ed, not from books on programming), I have not once had any success. :(