Re: I hate Linux

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>]

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 23:37, Steven Pritchard wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 11:12:49PM -0600, john doe wrote:
> > I agree to some extent, its certainly not ready for grandma's desktop
> 
> Don't give me that crap.  My parents and my in-laws (all grandparents
> now, thank you very much) have had Linux boxes for *years*.
> 
> Linux isn't right for the
> I-want-to-be-able-to-fuck-around-but-I-don't-want-to-master-everything
> types, sure, but your average user just wants something that WORKS,
> and a properly configured Linux box does that job just fine, and has
> at least since KDE became stable and StarOffice became
> free-as-in-beer.
> 
> Unfortunately, I think the only thing that will truely make newer
> users happy is a pointy-clicky-don't-make-me-think distribution
> (presumably) like Lindows, or the other end of the spectrum
> (Gentoo/Slackass^H^H^Hware/*BSD) that forces you to actually
> understand what's going on in order to get anything done.  Fedora/Red
> Hat makes some things deceptively easy, and other things, well, not.

Hooboy! I didn't think Steve would react that strongly if he bit down on
tinfoil. Musta just finished up several hours with a brain dead client
???

I mostly agree with his sentiments. That's why Nick Reville's summer
conference (see Steve's Jan 06 9:07PM msg) sounds like such a good
project for SILUG.

--Doc


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