Re: eMachines OEM XP woes - time to buy $tandard?

Ron Martell wrote:
> NoStop <nostop@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> OK, you asked. Let's say one wants to install NVU.
>>
>> Linux ... 2 steps:
>>
>> 1) open a terminal window, and type
>> 2) urpmi nvu - the package is downloaded automatically, unzipped and
>> installed and link placed in the GUI menu
>>
>>
>> Windoze ...
>>
>> 1) open a web browser
>> 2) go to the site that has it for downloading and find the file to
>> download 3) download it your computer
>> 4) unzip it
>> 5) open explorer and go to the folder where you unzipped it
>> 6) look for the install program and run that
>>
>
> That only applies to shoddily programmed apps, most of which aren't
> worth downloading.
>
> At least 99 and 44/100% of the Windows apps just require a download
> and then open the downloaded file when the download is complete. No
> need to open Explorer or search for anything.

I agree with you Ron. And for the Linux Zealot, Ron and I don't agree
on much!

I'll give it "My Mother" test. She is in her mid sixties. She can
find programs she wants to download on the web, save them to her
desktop, and install the program, delete from desktop. She could learn
to open up a terminal window, but what she couldn't do is understand and
remember "urpmi nvu," and a different set of letters for each program.
And any Linux advocate that thinks that is easier than point and click
installing for the average computer user is out of their friggin' mind.

There is a reason why computing didn't explode into the mainstream until
command line computing was buried by the point and click! It may be
"dumbed down" computing, but it is computing for the masses, where
command line computing is just for the geeks. And Linux will NEVER be
an OS for the masses until the Linux community learns that the average
computer user doesn't want to know much more than point and click.

But Linux Advocacy really has no business in this Windows group, and is
just off-topic trolling at best!

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