On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:04:20AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi Boyd, > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >I do believe a Free Software system should be as easy to use as MS > >Windows for "Joe Sixpack" and "Jane Boxwine". This might already > >be the case; it is really hard for me to judge. I've been > >programming since I was 5 and a fan of UNIX and UNIX-like systems > >since I first used one. > > I agree it is hard to judge how "Joe Sixpack" or "Jane Boxwine" > consider to be "as easy as M$"..... ;-) > I find that for people who don't know much about computers, GNU/Linux is easier than Windows. Take my parents, for example. They have Windows XP Home and Ubuntu 10.04 dual-booting on their P4 2.4GHz 512MB machine. My mother only uses Windows for some business-related software. My father won't use Windows anymore because it's too slow and is constantly bombarding him with pop-ups that he doesn't understand (mostly stuff related to the firewall, I think).
My parents would never consider installing software by themselves, on either system. They sometimes need to be reminded how to attach a picture to an email message. My siblings and their spouses use Debian and Ubuntu. They are slightly more computer-savy than my parents, but don't do any software installation themselves. The only complaints I ever get from them are a periodic "flash isn't working on such-and-such website". They all prefer to use GNU/Linux and have access to my free help (which they almost never need), than to use Windows and be on their own. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110304144944.gb7...@aurora.owens.net
