Am Montag 08 September 2008 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
The Monday 2008-09-08 at 10:48 -0400, Larry Stotler wrote:
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Oftentimes, people who decide to try Linux do so because they want to improve themselves and their technical expertise. Befriending others and getting guidance within a community often presents them with a huge array of information and little guidance about solidifying their chosen path of expertise.
The LUG in my area never went anywhere and I'm not even sure if it still exists. I've basically quit asking people to try linux because they just aren't interested. Security and stability aren't as important as being able to use whatever windows only program they have or if their hardware isn't easily recognized.
Quite true.
I haven't convinced anyone to actually use linux, in years, no matter how much I tried -- unless they were already convinced. Somethings are more important than the community, like things actually working without having to jump many loops.
Example: I'm trying to buy a color laser printer. HP boxes do not say whether linux work with them or not, and browsing their web page is useless if you search for this particular piece of info. So, a user might buy a printer and chance it, or simply use windows where he is sure that it will work and find support (from sales staff or any friend or neighbor, not "virtual", remote help).
HP has its own community: http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/laserjet/archive/2008/07/16/did-y... Greetings, Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org