On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 13:52 +0200, jdd sur free wrote:
I use to say that when you buy your windows computer it works very nicely ... cut ... With Linux, the problem is different. nowaday the basic install works and you get a running machine ... cut ...
Yes. The problem is that most Windows users think Linux is a Windows application, and installs on a Windows system like such. Then *WE* cater to that attitude. That's where the problem is. On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 13:52 +0200, jdd sur free wrote:
And new Linux pre-configured machines works out of the box (don't forget _all_ windows machines come pre-configured)
Which is why we have to make sure point #1 is to get these users to realize that they _never_ installed Windows. They got it pre-installed. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own