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| Thread ID: 79522 | 2007-05-22 17:46:00 | Why Linux Is Going Anywhere Fast.... | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 552203 | 2007-05-22 17:46:00 | OK...No flames please, I'm just being the messenger here..and I like My Mepis and Ubuntu anyway... But I thought this was a pretty good evaluation of WHY people aren't flocking (or "Lemming-ing") to Linux... (blogs.zdnet.com) excerpt: "You might be wondering why people like choice when it comes to browsers (Internet Explorer vs. Firefox) but not when it comes to their OS. Simple, experimenting with a browser is safe, while messing about with Live CDs and virtual machines is beyond most people. Tell most people that you spent the weekend running a variety of Linux distros thorough VMware and they wonder if you rounded off the entertainment by sticking pins in your eyes." |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 552204 | 2007-05-22 18:10:00 | Just thought ('way after the Edit button died) that a partial list of Linux distros would be interesting . . . add some if you know any . . OK? GNU/Linux (The Mothership) SLS Debian Slackware Red Hat S . u . S . E . SuSE Conectiva Mandrake Corel Linux CRUX Red Flag Linux Lindows Xandros LinEx Puppy Linux Gentoo Arch Linux Ark Linux Fedora Core CentOS Sun Java Desktop SUSE (Not the same as the other two above) SLAX Vector Morphix KNOPPIX Kanotix Mepis Linspire Ubuntu Frugalware Minislack VidaLinux/VLOS rPath FoX Linux Foresight White Box Mandriva PCLinuxOS Kororaa Zenwalk Damn Small Linux Kubuntu Xubuntu NonPlusX I like the last paragraph of the article . Here is a c/p for reference only! . . . . "Ubuntu is nice, it’s solid, it’s fast and it’s robust (so far anyway), but it’s also way too geeky in spots . Don’t get me wrong, overall Ubuntu is nice, friendly and convivial . But there are dark corners that absolutely reek of Linux geekdom cliquiness that average users aren’t going to feel at home in (I don’t feel at home there) . Ubuntu updates are one such area where you need a high level of know-how to understand what’s going on . What the Ubuntu dev team need to do is find, I don’t know, 100 people who aren’t Linux geeks and stick them in front of the OS . Use these people to get feedback on different aspects of the OS . As soon as users start to look confused, scared or go bug-eyed then something needs tweaking . If your average home user is going to look at Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows or Mac, all these geeky corners have to be smoothed out . " |
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| 552205 | 2007-05-22 19:19:00 | Sourcemage is also another distro for the list | Myth (110) | ||
| 552206 | 2007-05-22 20:34:00 | 1 - On the whole, users aren’t all that dissatisfied with Windows 2 - Too many distros 3 - People want certainty that hardware and software will work 4 - As far as most people are concerned, the command line has gone the way of the dinosaur 5 - Linux is still too geeky He forgot gaming. |
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| 552207 | 2007-05-22 20:42:00 | I knew there were a lot of Linux distros around but I didn't know that there was that many! | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 552208 | 2007-05-22 20:44:00 | 1 - On the whole, users aren’t all that dissatisfied with Windows 2 - Too many distros 3 - People want certainty that hardware and software will work 4 - As far as most people are concerned, the command line has gone the way of the dinosaur 5 - Linux is still too geeky He forgot gaming. I agree with all of those. If all the people involved with all those distros listed got together and worked on producing one distro then we might get something that could take over Windows. |
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| 552209 | 2007-05-22 20:45:00 | That could be a good thing. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 552210 | 2007-05-22 21:05:00 | That could be a good thing. NO! That would be a VERY good thing! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 552211 | 2007-05-22 21:38:00 | 1 - On the whole, users aren’t all that dissatisfied with Windows 3 - People want certainty that hardware and software will work 1 and 3 are my concerns . |
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| 552212 | 2007-05-22 22:23:00 | Linux and Mac are in the realm of an alternative religion . I tried to get converted, but it was as much fun as speaking in tongues :groan: I said it a year ago- linux has a long way to go before it's user-friendly enough to use . |
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