Gordon Keehn wrote:
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
Consumers are not interested in the OS wars. They don't care about
fighting the "Evil empire in Redmond". For most consumers, a computer
is a tool, a means to an end. They want to turn it on, log into it, and
use it to do the things they want to do. They expect their computer to
automatically connect to the internet without hours of time spent trying
to get their wireless to work, and frequently never succeeding. They
expect to hook up their printers, scanners, digital cameras, etc. and
have them immediately work, not spend hours trying to find drivers, etc.
They expect to view a video sent by a friend by clicking on the
attachment, and have it work, not spend hours trying to get the right
codecs, and frequently never being able to play everything they can
effortlessly play on windows. They expect application programs to play
music, etc. to be user friendly, not "Wizard" friendly.
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