[plug] Is this for real ?

[John Knight]

I agree totally and if you look below the article, you can see the feedback 
that this git caused. Personally I would have agreed with him half a year 
ago because I just couldn't get my head wrapped around it. I got back into 
Linux again with Mandrake 7.2. Bugger me, I was amazed!

I had never run into a version that was so friendly to use, I even taught 
one of my half-wit brothers how to do some stuff! This lad wjo wrote the 
article should get himself a copy of Mandrake from a cover cd or something 
and take a look at it. I predict that in 2 years time or so, Mandrake will 
be EXTREMELY user friendly in comparison to what RH, SUSE etc. are today.

If everything comes in one form (ie. we all generally agree to use .rpm
or .deb) then it should be very easy installation for everyone concerned. I 
know that in Mandrake, some KDE apps etc. add themselves to the menu. If 
this becomes common place, it'll be no more difficult than a programme 
installation un Windows.

anarchist tomato

>
>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Mike wrote:
>
> > http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2773365,00.html
>
>Please dont feed the troll.
>Its just a non-technical summary of arguments why Linux wont make it
>as a popular desktop OS. Nothing we havnt all heard a zillion times.
>   Its a short article, without any attempt to build strong arguments.
>
>
>--
>Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
>                           --==--
>
>

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