Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 16, 2004 12:44 AM
As part of a company that I feel is hugely responsible for spreading Linux through the western New York area, I've seen what people want, like, and don't like. I can safely say that we get about 10 computers a week with virused up Winblows on them, and not one of them leaves without Linux. Here's what we've grown to see: People want an easy O/S, people want protection, people like to be on the cutting edge, and most of all, people want piece of mind.
We prefer Redhat9 currently, and yes it comes bare-bones. But with about 2 hours of configuration, it become one hell of a slick looking -and running- system! I see no reason why command line is needed for regular joe's, and I see it everyday. Another thing is, people love Linux! After dealing with pop-ups, crashing, programs being installed without permission, and of course the dreaded BSOD, people welcome a slick state of the art o/s. And once they see the graphics in Linux, especially with the accelerated NVIDIA drivers, they're sold.
So what's the point? Command is a great tool to have, and I agree with what one user said, that using cp is 10 times easier and faster than drag-and-drop, but it isn't neccessary. Check out some screen shot of Cyber Source Linux at <A HREF="http://www.thecybersource.com/linux.html" TITLE="thecybersource.com"> </a thecybersource.com>, and Let me know what you guys think, Denisesballs@thecybersource.com.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 16, 2004 12:44 AMWe prefer Redhat9 currently, and yes it comes bare-bones. But with about 2 hours of configuration, it become one hell of a slick looking -and running- system! I see no reason why command line is needed for regular joe's, and I see it everyday. Another thing is, people love Linux! After dealing with pop-ups, crashing, programs being installed without permission, and of course the dreaded BSOD, people welcome a slick state of the art o/s. And once they see the graphics in Linux, especially with the accelerated NVIDIA drivers, they're sold.
So what's the point? Command is a great tool to have, and I agree with what one user said, that using cp is 10 times easier and faster than drag-and-drop, but it isn't neccessary. Check out some screen shot of Cyber Source Linux at <A HREF="http://www.thecybersource.com/linux.html" TITLE="thecybersource.com"> </a thecybersource.com>, and Let me know what you guys think, Denisesballs@thecybersource.com.
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