Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 07, 2004 12:47 AM
I have run my own experiment to see if Linux is ready. Recently one of my family member's Windows PC went on the fritz and had to be taken offline for a bit until we could find a cure for what ailed it. Unfortunately for me, the only computer I had available to loan them was my old PC running Fedora. I set them up a user account, got their email up and running, placed links to apps they would use most on the bottom panel and showed them how they could use their bleak Windows skills to their advantage. It's been about 3 weeks now and they haven't complained one bit. They actually left the system up and running for a week or two on end because they were unsure how to shut it down, but I showed them after discovering the loop hole.
Linux 'IS' ready for the desktop for most people. It's only the few that might require out of the ordinary tasking of special applications and such that might need to stick with what works best for them. But for the consumer who does nothing more than browse the web, check email and create a few office documents here and there, Linux fills the bill quite splendidly, and at a great price point at that.
No need to spend $300 dollars on Windows and $400 dollars on MS Office when you can get the same for a lot less. Like they say for the use of MS Office; 95% of the users only use 5% of the features whereas 5% of the other use 95% of the features. OpenOffice fills the void pretty darn good if you ask me!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 07, 2004 12:47 AMLinux 'IS' ready for the desktop for most people. It's only the few that might require out of the ordinary tasking of special applications and such that might need to stick with what works best for them. But for the consumer who does nothing more than browse the web, check email and create a few office documents here and there, Linux fills the bill quite splendidly, and at a great price point at that.
No need to spend $300 dollars on Windows and $400 dollars on MS Office when you can get the same for a lot less. Like they say for the use of MS Office; 95% of the users only use 5% of the features whereas 5% of the other use 95% of the features. OpenOffice fills the void pretty darn good if you ask me!
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