On Friday 02 May 2003 12:54, expatriate wrote:
I tried to explain in as much detail as needed what the issues were with MS and Linux. I was trying my best to be even handed. I believe they need broadband because they don't want to tie up their line and don't want a second line. At ~£22/month it is a pretty good deal. Also, I believe once he learns about the WWW he'll be surfing regularly. They are not dumb in any way, they are more of the artist types.
I hope you didn't think that i thought they were dumb. I just noted from what you wrote that they just weren't really interested in computers. And let's be honest: there is more in this world then computers (or so i'm told ;-) )
My wife thinks I'm crazy for not starting them with Windows (she's not a Microsoft lover either and has an MSEE to boot) but I'm thinking ahead with the endless upgrade costs, restrictive licensing issues and the viral issues.
When you think about it, (avoiding infection from) virusses might be the best reason for these people to use Linux.
I have some further questions: 1) KDE or Gnome? I write software for a living so I'm used to command-line. I personally use Gnome but I find I open terminals all the time anyway. For ease of digital camera IO and dragging and dropping files into a writable CDROM I'd like some advice.
KDE has the best desktop IMO, but maybe also has too many confusing choices, so i wouldn't know what to choose for them.
2) Which R/W CDROM ? The motherboard will be ASUS since I already know the beast.
It doesn't really make a difference for Linux. Read a few tests and see which ones have best price/performance ratio. cheers, Marcel