Re: Linux on the Desktop?
heh, nice!
I think Linux has some hurdles to overcome in the perception of "it's not ready for grandma/mom". Linux operates differently from Windows & mac in that a lot of the software you get, you get it from your distributions "channels" (i.e. apt-get, yum).
In a lot of ways, Linux is extremely convenient because you don't have to go find the software or whatever, you just open your application manager and search for it and install it from there.
Linux gets pegged for how it was years ago a lot too.. For example (to use my coworker) she's been working with Linux in a lot of different ways for years, but has always hit "odd" issues (which I agree with) in running Linux in the past.. Things like hibernation wouldn't consistently work, sleep wouldn't consistently work, etc.. Things that made (for her) running Linux very troublesome.
I understand and honestly in the past Linux had a lot of interesting behavior on the more "interesting" hardware. However, in the last ...2 years? of Ubuntu, it's gotten REALLY good.. Like I almost don't have to go to the command line for most day-to-day things. It's at the point too that I can show her a laptop running Linux and go "look, it does everything" and she's impressed.
I guess my initial reason for asking the question too was to see how/where people are using Linux.. I'm in a very much windows shop so it's not like I get to talk about the coolest things Linux is doing these days without people's eyes glazing over and them talking about how they have a meeting they desperately need to get to in 5 minutes.
Robert
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:18 PM, George Goodyear
<enawn-fOdFMYwuEsI@public.gmane.org> wrote:
Hmmm, or you can do what my friend did. He didn't let wife use windoze.
She wanted a computer and he built her one. So she never learned how.
Now she doesn't even want to use one. She tried once and thought it was
a total waste of a computer.
Carlos
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 10:27 -0500, Robert Parkhurst wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Got what may be a silly question, but what is the state of Linux on
> the desktop? I think it's fairly good--albeit you can't get the
> plethora of name brand games like you can for Windows and Mac. But I
> have coworkers that say otherwise. Basically that Linux on the
> desktop is dead.
>
> I know Linux isn't there for grandmas/moms, but I'm curious how
> others in the group perceive Linux on the desktop and/or how their IT
> environments see it.
>
>
>
> Robert
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<p>heh, nice!<br><br>I think Linux has some hurdles to overcome in the perception of "it's not ready for grandma/mom". Linux operates differently from Windows & mac in that a lot of the software you get, you get it from your distributions "channels" (i.e. apt-get, yum).<br><br>In a lot of ways, Linux is extremely convenient because you don't have to go find the software or whatever, you just open your application manager and search for it and install it from there.<br><br>Linux gets pegged for how it was years ago a lot too.. For example (to use my coworker) she's been working with Linux in a lot of different ways for years, but has always hit "odd" issues (which I agree with) in running Linux in the past.. Things like hibernation wouldn't consistently work, sleep wouldn't consistently work, etc.. Things that made (for her) running Linux very troublesome.<br><br>I understand and honestly in the past Linux had a lot of interesting behavior on the more "interesting" hardware. However, in the last ...2 years? of Ubuntu, it's gotten REALLY good.. Like I almost don't have to go to the command line for most day-to-day things. It's at the point too that I can show her a laptop running Linux and go "look, it does everything" and she's impressed.<br><br><br>I guess my initial reason for asking the question too was to see how/where people are using Linux.. I'm in a very much windows shop so it's not like I get to talk about the coolest things Linux is doing these days without people's eyes glazing over and them talking about how they have a meeting they desperately need to get to in 5 minutes.<br><br><br><br>Robert<br><br><br><br><br><br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:18 PM, George Goodyear <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:enawn@...">enawn@...</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote">
Hmmm, or you can do what my friend did. He didn't let wife use windoze.<br>
She wanted a computer and he built her one. So she never learned how.<br>
Now she doesn't even want to use one. She tried once and thought it was<br>
a total waste of a computer.<br><br>
Carlos<br><div class="im">
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On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 10:27 -0500, Robert Parkhurst wrote:<br>
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<div class="h5">> Hey everyone,<br>
><br>
> Got what may be a silly question, but what is the state of Linux on<br>
> the desktop? I think it's fairly good--albeit you can't get the<br>
> plethora of name brand games like you can for Windows and Mac. But I<br>
> have coworkers that say otherwise. Basically that Linux on the<br>
> desktop is dead.<br>
><br>
> I know Linux isn't there for grandmas/moms, but I'm curious how<br>
> others in the group perceive Linux on the desktop and/or how their IT<br>
> environments see it.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Robert<br>
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