Mustafa Qasim wrote:
Salam!
I want to ask all you folks there that we can see the
current advancements in Fedora and Ubunto distros. They've came onto
screen as an OS not only for server's operated by GEEKS but also a
much secure and user friendly OS for home users but still a large
amount of our home user's are still stick with XP(especially here in
Pakistan) . Do we need to create awareness at root grass level? Is it
due to the Installation,configuring softwares and migrating data or
other smiler issues that are the giant hurdle for home users? A XP
user is still satisfied with Spyware,Trojan,dialer,virus an many other
attacks but he didn't dare or didn't have enough guidance to get rid
of it by using Linux.
I've tried to talk with my some friends about these issues but at the
end i came to know that they didn't need to listen the philosophy of
FOSS they just want me to practically prove that Linux is much easier
and secure then Windows. For them installing software from source or
concept of mounting a block device is much difficult because they
didn't have to do this in M$ XP :p.
"What" and more importantly "How" we individuals can serve to make our
people at root grass level aware about the weakness and black holes of
their existing platform and the advantages of Linux over M$ XP?
It comes down to utility. I'm sort of a semi-geek; I've been
running Linux on my n-1 box since RH 6. I will never be free of
Windows, though, because I have two critical apps which I cannot run
under wine, and for which suitable replacements (according to MY
requirements) do not exist. As long as that situation exists Windows
will be the dominant desktop OS. Will either of those apps be ported to
Linux? Probably not. One is semi-orphaned, and the other is from a
vendor who sees no advantage in committing resources to what they view
as a marginal platform. Add to that the fact that separate versions
must be packaged for every supported distro and release, and the chances
of a vendor who is, after all, in the business of making money, making a
major commitment to Linux approaches zero.
I don't see this changing as long as each Linux vendor has its own
architecture and packaging model. It's great for providing geeks with a
topic of conversation at Users Group meetings, but not so good for
convincing the non-geeks among us that Linux is good for them, too.
Cheers,
Gordon Keehn
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