Charles Griffin wrote:
I think the guy is basically right -- until linux can install perfectly without requiring users to drop in to the command line to update the XF86Config file in order to get nvidia drivers working, or to change the font installation directory, or to change symlinks and edit lilo.conf and fstab in order to get a cdrw working, or do other such things, it is not ready for the masses. ...
This won't help at all. There are two parts to a system: 1) system administration. Stuff people on this list are comfortable spending time with, but for by far most people computers are just a tool and they want to spend 0 time on this. It's just like me and my car: if I ever have to open the hood it's time to get another one (many years ago, in East Germany, I had a big tool box with me in my "Trabant" and was able to - and had to - do basic repairs right on the road, incl. removing and cleaning the carburator, so it's not that I'm completely clueless although todays cars are much much much more electronic-ed). 2) appliactions. Well, see my other response under this subject.