Interesting Article - "Ubuntu made me quit college!!"

[John Gill]

Re: the linux learning curve being too large, I'm not really convinced by
that argument, it does rather depend what you are hoping to do with the
machine.

Ironically, you will see linux on netbooks being described as a "beginner"
operating system -- but if you're an "expert" you'll want XP.

However, giving someone a linux pc and no help is a recipe for disaster.
When you are starting from zero linux knowledge with no-one to help you,
then yes, the curve is steep.   It does seem that this student got the help
needed in the end and is able to use the machine to do what is needed.

John

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Mr. C clark <c_dive at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> This college student should never have been sold a Linux pc to start
> college, the learning curve is Large.
>
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