Using Ubuntu absolves the user of personal responsibility?

[Lorin Pino]

Miravlix wrote:

>tor, 03 08 2006 kl. 16:14 +0100, skrev cantormath:
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>This is CLEARLY the wrong way to go as Windows has shown, thats supposed
>to babysit, the concept of SAFE computing without user KNOWGLEDE DOES
>*NOT* EXIST.
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>This lack of technical skill combined with the LACK OF INTEREST in
>learning is clearly the Internets greatest threat.
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First, I disagree that windblows babysits the users.  I think of it more 
as herding livestock. 

Second, I fall into the category discussed at the end of your comments.  
I am an appliance repair man/air conditioning tech/leatherworker.  I am 
not likely to ever be knowledgable enough about computers to not be 
"dangerous" in your opinion. 

However, parts suppliers for my trade have started putting exploded 
diagrams of machines on their websites instead of in the catalogs.  
Therefore, I use the internet as part of my livelyhood, and will reamain 
a "danger" to the internet for some time.

Whether you like that attitude or not, there will be some users like me 
that you will have to deal with.  I am away from windows for good, 
except for an old machine with '98 on it to run children's programs.  So 
questions from people like me:

who have not used computers for very long

who didn't enjoy their windblows experience

who choose ubuntu because of good reviews

who are not likely to persue a personal relationship with their machine
       these dumb questions will still come from time to time.

The question is how they will be handled.  I am assuming that at some 
point in your life, you were at a point that you needed "hand holding" 
with computer problems.  Another thing is that some people are smarter 
(or dumber) than others.  So, keep that in mind when questions come in.

I enjoy this list and have saved quite a few messages so that I can try 
things suggested, or refer to if/when I have problems.  I can get ideas 
from both the terse and verbose replies.

*So, everyone lighten up, develope a sense of humor, and quit wasting so 
much energy on something so trivial!
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(rant over)
~Lorin