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Originally posted by jaguar
Someone is bound to yurn around and very correctly say, if you don't liek it use somthing else. Slowly, slowly i am, but it takes time, linux ain't that ready for desktop yet.
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I think the usability of Linux depends on what you use a computer for. I have not used windows on a computer that I own in more than 6 months.
The latest versions of Linux (like Mandrake 8.0, especially) are pretty damn easy to install and run in graphical format.
The biggest problem is specialized applications and information exchange as well as being able to find vendors, friends, etc. who can help you when you have a serious problem. And the SW developers and vendors won't get behind it until there's more installations out there.
IOW, the thing that is keeping Linux from becoming more popular and useful is the fact that it is not more popular and useful.
The one thing that kills me, as a Linux user, is that people routinely send me emails with word and excel files attached - even when the content is simple TEXT. What started this presumption that
everyone has word and excel? The fact that most people
do.
I guess I am offering no solutions here, just that things will probably not change/improve until the market starts pushing for this and, as said above, the tactics that Micro$oft is using, along with how easy it is for virii to get into a M$ system, is just starting to give a little more push in that direction.... I dunno if it'll be enough, but I can hope.