Why I choose Linux, was Re: NFB Net goes linux!

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I have a non technical girl friend who had no problem starting to
use my system with gnome.  We've been together for a year.  She just
found console apps more trouble than using a MS-Windows computer.
Finally, I got X-windows working.
I never had to ask her to read a screen until
after I got gnome working. She likes the fact she can change everything
on her desktop to look and act the way she wants.
I install galeon for the default browser.  She loves it!  So far, she
can do any thing on the web she wants.
I still don't have access to the GUI, but that should change soon.  In
the mean time, I can do everything I did with a MS-windows computer with
console apps.  The only thing I don't have working is OCR.
The thing I like about this setup is all the software to do this is
free!  Sure, I spent a lot of time learning about a lot of things to get
it set up, but I have lots of time.

          Kenny

On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 05:46:54PM -0400, David Poehlman wrote:
> Ihave a non technical spous who loves the command line interface.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux!
> 
> 
> Hi Ann,
> 
> Keep in mind that Linux is actually not appropriate for most users,
> especially the command-line interface.  Most people want their
> technology to
> be simple to operate.  They're not interested in how the computer works
> or
> anything of that sort.  They just want to use it to get work done!  For
> those non-technical users, Linux is typically inappropriate at this
> stage;
> that is changing, but these are the facts at this time.  And, this is
> coming
> from a Linux sys admin with 2 Linux boxes at home and administrative
> responsibility for numerous FreeBSD and Linux boxes at work.
> 
> See, where I work, system admins also handle sales and technical
> support, so
> I am made aware of the non-technical nature of most people who use a
>
computer on a daily basis.