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"Peter" <pnewman1 -at- optonline -dot- net> writes:
> And what about the costs the hours unsuccessfully spent in trying to get
> RH 9.0 to work on a Toshiba laptop. Rh refuses to see the PCMCIA slot,
> soundcard and Ethernet outputs. Linux still has a long way to go until
> it becomes usable.
I'm no big fan of the Linux Koolaid--the applications I need to use won't
work with Linux--but I do have one machine at home running RedHat. Linux
seems to be at about the same spot Windows-386 was. If you're as old as I
am, you can remember disks upon disks upon disks of nothing but printer
drivers, display drivers, etc. "Does it work with Windows-386?" was once a
more important question than "Does it have all the features I want?"
Linux, for many people, *is* usable. Support for devices is getting better.
I think Linux has three perceptions to overcome before it is seen
universally as a Windows alternative:
1. Does it support for 99% of devices out there?
2. Are there Linux applications that produce files that can be easily shared
with Windows applications?
3. Will I be able to use Linux without esoteric commands? (I.e., Will it be
as 'easy' to use as Windows?)
People perceive Linux as a difficult, geeky way to use a computer. It really
is getting better, though.
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