HELP WINDOWS XP

[Doug Pollard]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
>   
>> A couple of points on the discussion in this thread.
>>
>> The Ubuntu install process is very good and seems to improve with each
>> iteration.  In many ways it is easier than installing Windows from
>> scratch.  Windows has an advantage in the market because most users do
>> not install the OS - it comes prepackaged from an OEM vendor.  A user
>> who is intimidated by the installation process should probably buy a
>> computer from an OEM vendor with GNU/Linux preinstalled.  The Ubuntu
>> support page also seems to have a list of OEM vendors and support
>> organizations:
>>
>> http://webapps.ubuntu.com/marketplace/northernamerica
>>
>> For Ubuntu and Linux to penetrate the mainstream market, it is important
>> the support ecosystem be as strong as possible.  We cannot expect all
>> new users to come to Linux via installing the OS themselves. Windows
>> would have never achieved its market dominance without its channel
>> partners and OEM relationships.  Of course once they became the dominant
>> desktop OS, they illegally leveraged their monopoly to shutout other
>> vendors offering alternative systems, but that is another story.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Exactly! When a user decides to try Ubuntu he/she should be able to buy 
> a laptop or other computer with the latest version installed and 
> working. I know back in the early days (1996) we offered weekend 
> Install-fests where the EE Department would try to load the latest Red 
> Hat Version on your computer. A lot of Linux converts on this way.
>
> Karl
>
>
>   
I agree with all you fellows say, but I don't think th fact that Ubuntu 
is easy to install is the answer though that is great for now. The real 
problem is for the guy coming from widows and is using Ubuntu gets a fe 
update down loads a few programs he want's and start's getting error 
messages. After a few days of asking questions on line and get commands 
to put in the terminal and he don't know what they mean Ls -1 from dc 
something he begins to think he has made a mistake. If he has a dual 
boot system he will go back and use windows to get his mail or edit his 
photos. In this manner he may eventually figure out the terminal if he 
is tenatious. He has a hard time getting ubuntu out of his drives and 
may never try again. I have had people ask me after they find out I am 
using Linux. "How in the heck did you ever learn it at your age". I 
don't tell them I haven't and that I am still struggling with it. I tell 
them how I feel about Linux and Windows.
I have a half a dozen things wrong right now that I need to fix. I am 
reading the Ubuntu book as hard as I can go. If I were not determined I 
would go back to windows open up a new copy when there is a problem and 
go right on with what ever I want to do. I have never gone into doss to 
fix anything since 3.1.
I have a little stock which I trade around and I only buy the stock of a 
company I have done buisness with aleast a few times. IF buying from 
them was pleasnt and they didn't ask me to do to much to use their 
product, I buy their stock. It always goes up,never fails.
Microsoft not only asks too much but demands it and that is why I left 
them and I sold the few shares I had several years ago. They are going 
downhill.
This is the reason I say going in using linux needs to be a good 
experience for the guy who tries it and goes back to microsoft. He will 
likely want to come back and he should not have to dread it.