Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 03, 2003 07:14 PM
"But that doesn't make your grandmother an operating system user per se..."
What? So she is supposed to be writing her own shell scripts because that's your definition of Linux user. I suppose you don't demand that Windows users edit the registry on a regular basis to meet your criteria.
Yes, it's a good point - can the average punter use a stock Linux distribution? But then perhaps there really is a market for appliance/kiosk distributions, despite what various experts who claim that "all functions must be exposed to the user" insist.
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Re:My mom (in her 70s) uses Linux - not quite
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 03, 2003 07:14 PMWhat? So she is supposed to be writing her own shell scripts because that's your definition of Linux user. I suppose you don't demand that Windows users edit the registry on a regular basis to meet your criteria.
Yes, it's a good point - can the average punter use a stock Linux distribution? But then perhaps there really is a market for appliance/kiosk distributions, despite what various experts who claim that "all functions must be exposed to the user" insist.
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