Re: Linux has a long way to go before it becomes the major OS
From: Ruel Smith (Big Daddy) (noway_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:31:49 -0500
on Thu February 12 2004 9:56 am, FJG decided to enlighten us with:
> Linux on the client side has many years before acceptance by the general
> public. People will not accept the requirement that they become a
> "Computer GEEK" to use their machine. Yes, Linux is good but much to
> complicated and confusing to set up and use by the majority of computer
> users. My company has been using Windows for years and XP has preformed
> faultless and can be setup up in minutes with little training. We have
> tried Linux and have had nothing but complaints and unhappy users. Reasons
> given! Its hard to use and confusing.
>
> The only version we tried was Lindows but comments were "its still not
> like the system I use at home".
I'm not a computer GEEK and I use Linux just fine. It's only complicated if
all you know is Windows. Then anything strange will be complicated.
XP does not perform flawless on my other computer. Drives give it headaches.
Currently, I've got problems with SoundBlaster Audigy drivers that have
some games with shrill artifacts in the sound, HP PSC 950 drivers that
don't want my computer to shutdown cleanly, and Iomega drivers that do the
same. My DVD drive somehow ceased to autostart, my Start menu keeps moving
the Administration folder around and showing new software installed that I
installed months ago, and I can't seem to get Windows Messenger to NOT
login when I restart Windows. It doesn't even show up on the taskbar,
either.
SuSE isn't perfect, either. I've got a system clock that's correct, but
KDE's panel clock is NOT correct. Why aren't they in sync? I've got an
uptime command in my sig, but it restarted on its own and showed
incorrectly how long SuSE's been up. My icon spacing in KDE is finicky.
I've changed the font and icon sizes around and for awhile, it spaced the
icons where they overlapped the text label. Suddenly, the other day, it
fixed itself.
When SuSE Watcher updates Linux, it doesn't require a reboot, EVER. I
downloaded an IE fix yesterday that required XP to reboot to take effect. I
have to defrag XP, but not Linux. I even have to reboot XP to allow
Diskeeper to do a complete defrag, moving the files around properly. I even
had to restart XP last week because it became sluggish. Couldn't figure out
why either. Nothing appeared in the Task Manager that showed heavy CPU
usage.
I use Linux as an OS from a user's POV. I'm not a geek at all. I just want
change. I want to un-handcuff myself from Microslop's grip. Open source
software is very usable, though it may lack some polish. There are gripes I
have about Linux, but I'm willing to live with them.
-- Big Daddy Ruel Smith My SuSE Linux machine uptime: 5:18pm up 4 days 17:50, 2 users, load average: 0.32, 0.43, 0.32 My Windows XP machine uptime: Something less...
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