Re: what's the most easy/user friendly linux?

From: Jan Stedehouder (j.stedehouder_at_hacecenet.nl)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 22:52:24 +0200

"fatboy" <ding@bat.com> schreef in bericht
news:2i1e6bFi6cahU1@uni-berlin.de...
> heavenbound wrote:
> it appears to me that you really dont know anything about computing or
> anything about the workings of your own computer. you have been spoiled
> with windows.
> the best thing for you to do is just stick with windows, since your not
> willing to learn how to use the documentation to aid you in the
> installation process. instead you just rather whine like a crybaby.
>
> thank you microsoft, for turning out a bunch of illiterate computer user
> wannabes.

Well, you can blame uncle Bill for that or perhaps the scores of educational
institutes who are training kids on using Windows. Uncle Bill did not get
out to teach people about using computers, but he bought and upgraded an OS
to make using them easy. And it worked, sort of, by using a combination of
marketing power, good deals and by being easy at all. Linux/BSD/*nix are not
easy, require a steeper learning curve and confront most users with things
they do not want to be confronted with. So, for all of us who have outgrown
Windows, please be patient to newbies. Most will respond favorably with a
little help, and if not, then at least we have shown ourselves mature
computer users.

Jan Stedehouder

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