[NTLUG:Discuss] Giving Up On FEDORA

[Kipton Moravec]

On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 14:07 -0600, Greg Edwards wrote:

> I just can't put RH in the camp that is interested in the desktop user 
> anymore.  Microsoft may have a poorly engineered product, but they 
> continue to keep a hold on the technology illiterate business owner
> and 
> consumer markets.  Linux will never compete at a serious market share 
> level with MS until it "just works" without having to hack at it. 
> Unfortunately, too many times Linux advocates are not tolerant of 
> general users.  General users out-number us by a whole lot.  If we
> want 
> Linux to take over the world we need them on our side.  As long as we 
> keep perpetuating an image of arrogant elitists, we will keep losing
> the 
> war.

I am not very Linux literate, I know just enough to be dangerous.

I have been installing Ubuntu with no problems on a number of older
computers. It "just works" for me. I have been installing both the CLI
and Desktop versions without a problem on a number of computers I have
salvaged. 

Kip

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