John Andersen wrote on 13 June 2004 20:46
On Sunday 13 June 2004 02:35, Damon Jebb wrote:
I tend to feel that this is something of a separate argument from whether or not the fundamentals of the design and intent of the operating system is better suited to the unskilled home user. It is my belief, and nothing that has been written here has changed it, that Linux will not suit the unskilled user.
I think you could make that argument in reverse, that windows is not suited for new or unskilled users. Having sold machines pre-loaded with windows for many years I can recall numerous machines that came back as broken when what really happened was the user deleted huge parts of the OS because they simply didn't understand what all that "stuff" on thier hard drive was, and thought it was a waste of disk space.
Similarly, 6 year olds installing software unaided is part of the problem, not a selling point.
I repeat, I am not and never have advocated the 6 year old installing software scenario. This is often the argument pur by the enthusiasts on this group for why Linux is indeed easier than Windows. Damon