[luau] News: Red Hat says Linux desktop should take on MS

[Joe Linux]

Your points are extremely valid.  I set up a very smooth running Linux 
system for a U of H professor who was used to Macintosh.  His main gripe 
was when he clicked a web link in his Netscape mail it opened a web 
page, but then the "Back" button didn't take him back to his mail.  He 
could never figure out how to use the taskbar at the bottom because at 
least the earlier Macs don't have it.  I've noticed Mac users are 
particularly computer illiterate, and it can't always be said that Macs 
are easier to use.  There are some very good features in alternative 
operating systems that seem to totally pass them by.


While there is great progress being made in Linux, Redhat, the alleged 
leader, still produces a miserable desktop system.  Yet, that is often 
the distribution a new user will try.  Alleged user friendly Linux 
systems like Lycoris are about as slow and plodding as they come.

So you are correct.  If Linux is ever to be successful on a large scale, 
it will need to have full featured easy to install and easy to use 
applications, and an interface that is very intuitive and user friendly.

Alleged security which often can make the computer very difficult to use 
is not going to be enough to cause someone to switch.

Eric Hattemer wrote:

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>We're talking about business majors and secretaries, not computer
>programmers.  At my job if I'm trying to teach a person to for instance use
>Netscape instead of Eudora, it can be well over an hour of work, and leave
>them still confused.
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