Making linux more user friendly

From: Brian white (gaiatechnician_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 07/04/05 

Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:03:52 GMT

Before anybody blows a fuse and writes something truly stupid and offensive
in reply, please read to the end.
We all know that linux does not always work with all the hardware on a home
computer so why not probe it from the net first? (Just like the antivirus
companys do in windows). knoppix does something like that from the cd.
If there are going to be hardware issues, recommend a change of graphics or
sound card or webcam or whatever.
Then a distro just for that computer and its user requirements can be made
and shipped to that user with almost 100% certainty that it will work well
and as fast as possible on that particular computer.
Linux is advanced enough that this could be automatic.
 Microsoft could not compete with that especially for slightly older
computers.
Now, about webcams and instant messaging,
I started a thread looking for normal IM functionality on linux (inclucing
webcam support of course).
And a rude yob gave the reply below.
It is not acceptable. PERIOD
I wish to speak to his employer about his attitude, so, if any of you know
more, please contact me. And if you know him, in the linux community,
please tell him what a disservice he does to his cause.
I have read through some of the comments in threads here and some
contribitors have a lot of growing up to do. I am not a programmer, i am an
end user. I expect a usable desktop system. That means webcam support for
IM.
I sent my relatives halfway across the world a webcam and i cannot
communicate with them through it because i use linux. That is a stupid
situation. As long as linux has this glaring hole in its armour, it will
never be accepted by young people as a real operating system.
 I worked with young guys half my age and they laughed at my unix yahoo
messanger (no webcam support) and my kopete (no webcam support) typing to
their msn (until msn changed protocols)
Thats just the way it is. Build IM with webcam for linux of forget the
desktop.
Brian

Re: Is there a messenger service out there?
From:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now>
Date:
Friday 01 Jul 2005 08:03:32
Groups:
alt.linux
References: 1 2 3

Sorry, but you are a fucking moron.

I'm, right this very moment, sitting in front of five million dollars in
telecommunications equipment that runs Linux... perfectly, stably and
with little or no maintenance... that supports over a thousand end-users.

Linux wasn't written for people to have inane conversations with their
friends... it was written to do business and science.

To use your analogy a car isn't a car if it doesn't have a radio. That's
pure idiocy.

If you can't make Linux work for you then do the sensible thing and don't
use it.

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