-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Michael! On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
As a general desktop, that is.
I was thinking of the problem I had yesterday trying to restart printing services (which I still haven't found in the documentation).
For Linux to be a general desktop system, it needs to be usable by the general population at large. A middle age non-computer type would *NEVER* be able to use Linux. Until it reaches the point that it can recover gracefully from something as simple as a printer running out of paper, it really isn't going to make large inroads against Windows. If you told an average user "just restart the print service", he'd reply "Why do I have to do that? Windows kept going automatically."
There is no question that in many ways, Linux is superior to Windows. Until it grows a bit more in the area of being able to recover from simple problems, the average person isn't going to use it.
I'm a Linux newbie, so I really don't know what's happening in this area. Is there work being done on this type of recovery?
I beg to differ, I use CUPS which does allow y ou to notify if the printer is out of paper/ink etc. Yes there are aspects of linux that are not newbie friendly but the more that Linux is pre-installed and simple user config then Linux will take over in the desktop market. A look at the new files arriving at freshmeat showes that development is there. However the development of commercial/shareware software does need to be encouraged. Sean - -- Fidonet: 2:263/950 http://www.tcob1.net Linux User: 231986 Jabber: tcobone@jabber.org ICQ: 679813 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF MY WIFE. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+T6fnHMnSWn2nApQRAjGLAKCBzmudbI7x+RZRrF6azVWSuAGZqACfVkR7 K2qZ8nOxXGqJJXYVVxRIwhA= =z3Uv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----