a linux ready for simple users ? (Re: issues with warty final

[Ben Edwards]

Two points:

1) The ubunto community is VERY welcoming to complete newbees, I have
not seen one FTFM (Reed to F****** Manual) of simeler unhelpful
comment.

1) Ubuntu, well actually most Linux distributions have considerably
less problems then Windows.

any questions ;)


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:21:11 +0200, Philippe Landau <lists at mailry.net> wrote:
> > I see lots of great things happening for Ubuntu, but to be honest, I
> > wouldn't consider this (or any other distribution I've used so far)
> what distros did you try ?
> 
> > truly usable for non-geeks.
> that is my experience too, unfortunately.
> at the moment they can easily use openoffice, email, web and chat.
> viewing a DVD or a flash or quicktime movie,
> listening to internet radio or tv,
> sharing files using p2p, remastering DVDs -
> i am still not sure if the linux-experts
> do not want to let non-geeks in on the fun
> or if there are still too many problems in the software
> so it is not possible to offer it yet ?
> 
> kind regards     philippe
> 
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