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From: "Paul Benjamin"
It may come as a shock to you but no one says that Linux is ready for the desktop. I don't think Linux is ready for my Aunt either.
Actually, if you look at comp.os.linux.advocacy, there are a lot of people saying it is. I'm not sure I take people on *ANY* advocacy group too seriously, however. They're fun to read, but not too realistic.
I am willing to put up with the problems because I am sick of Microsoft and every other box software "sellers" calling me a thief until I prove otherwise. I may be a freeloader who hasn't given anything back but no one is going to fine me because I lost my SuSE 8.1 box.
That's exactly the reason that I'm using Linux now, too. I don't think that I should have to explain to Microsoft why I decided to reload my hard drive.
Check in every year or so because I have seen Linux improve over the last three years and I am sure that even your middle age non-computer type would be able to use it in another three years. Then I would have never allowed not-computer types to use Windows 3.1 ten years ago, but they still did some how. ;-)
Actually, remembering Windows 3.1, I'm surprised it survived as a platform. Never underestimate the power of marketing, I guess.