On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Tony Alfrey
But no longer.
There is a large contingent of linux users that like to feel "more skilled" in that they have the ability to tweak a linux box to act in an appropriate fashion. But there are others that view a computer as a screwdriver, i.e. a tool to get something else done. For those, the computer is not the end unto itself, and those users will pick the shortest, simplest route to getting work done. There was a time when I viewed an open-source Linux box as the wave of the future. That time has passed.
Just my experience.... but.. I can't agree with you in any way shape or form. I install openSUSE on various machines - all modern-ish hardware (eg systems with at least 1.6GHz Atoms or intel i3, 2GB ram etc). If the system has a DVD drive I pop in a DVD I made after downloading the ISO. I boot... I answer a couple questions and wait. A few minutes later the system reboots and it comes up to the desktop I selected (usually KDE4). Everything just works. There is no twiddling, no farting about finding solutions to weird problems. I get a fully functioning OS with a high load of applications preinstalled. I don't have to do anything at this point except simply use the computer. I do add Packman, KDE4 and mozilla repositories, but that's not needed to have a complete and functioning openSUSE install. How easy is it? A friend who thinks rebooting their PC means turning the monitor off and back on wanted to clean up their system. I gave then an openSUSE DVD. Said "boot this, answer the questions is gives you, and if you have any questions, call me". Silence. About 3 hours later I call the person "are you OK, did it work?" His answer.. "oh yah, I've been working on it for about 2 hours now. What's this LibreOffice thing? I like it, can I have it on my other Windows computer too?" I kind of miss the old days of spending hours puzzling out an odd problem. I so rarely have to do that these days that I'm getting rusty on those skills. C -- openSUSE 13.1 x86_64, KDE 4.13 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org