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I think there's a big majority of computer users, quietly suffering under Windows and simply having no idea that there even exists an alternative.

derwiki 18y ago
I installed Ubuntu on a laptop I gave to my father a few weeks ago, and he's been using it exclusively. I don't think he can tell the difference between Ubuntu and Windows.
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- dinkumthinkum 18y ago
  You know, I'm not one of those weirdos that think desktop applications are going away. But I'd say most people who keep up with software development believe that's the case. <rant>I think that would be pretty bad if the best we'll ever be able to do is Javascript.</rant> Anyway, IF most apps people are using are Web based and compatible with Firefox or a Flash version supported in Ubuntu ... it seems less and less like there would be much point in paying for, using, and dealing with Windows. I think most seniors can just about already switch fine to Ubuntu.
  - ido 18y ago
    Or Java. Applets - they don't suck as badly anymore!
anigbrowl 18y ago
That's who all those 'Hi! I'm a Mac' commercials are aimed at, I guess. Those who are suffering in ignorance are not power-users-in-waiting.
- dinkumthinkum 18y ago
  I thought those were just aimed at Hipsters and people who drink Pabst Blue Ribbon?
jodrellblank 18y ago
I suffer every time I'm faced with Yet Another *nix Package Manager, another mess of /usr /usr/local /opt /var inconsistencies as well as every time I have to remote to a Windows machine and can't use SSH. There is an alternative, but it's not all sunshine and green grass either side.
- nailer 18y ago
  /var is pretty consistently used for variable files on all Linux distros. Solaris and other proprietary Unix puts all kinds of other shit there. /opt and /usr/local are generally unpackaged guff.
thras 18y ago
Suffering? It runs more than one application at once. You don't get viruses if you keep it up to date (unless you're an idiot). Copy and Paste works. There is nothing else out there that I need an OS to do for me. Everything else is in application land, where Mac and Linux sometimes fall flat. I use Linux/Mac/Windows every day and have no trouble switching between them. If you are suffering under either Mac or Windows, it's your fault, not the OS's fault. If you're suffering under Linux, it's because you aren't enough of a moron to be a full time computer geek like me.

derwiki 18y ago

I installed Ubuntu on a laptop I gave to my father a few weeks ago, and he's been using it exclusively. I don't think he can tell the difference between Ubuntu and Windows.

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dinkumthinkum 18y ago
You know, I'm not one of those weirdos that think desktop applications are going away. But I'd say most people who keep up with software development believe that's the case. <rant>I think that would be pretty bad if the best we'll ever be able to do is Javascript.</rant> Anyway, IF most apps people are using are Web based and compatible with Firefox or a Flash version supported in Ubuntu ... it seems less and less like there would be much point in paying for, using, and dealing with Windows. I think most seniors can just about already switch fine to Ubuntu.
- ido 18y ago
  Or Java. Applets - they don't suck as badly anymore!

anigbrowl 18y ago

That's who all those 'Hi! I'm a Mac' commercials are aimed at, I guess. Those who are suffering in ignorance are not power-users-in-waiting.

dinkumthinkum 18y ago
I thought those were just aimed at Hipsters and people who drink Pabst Blue Ribbon?

jodrellblank 18y ago

I suffer every time I'm faced with Yet Another *nix Package Manager, another mess of /usr /usr/local /opt /var inconsistencies as well as every time I have to remote to a Windows machine and can't use SSH. There is an alternative, but it's not all sunshine and green grass either side.

nailer 18y ago
/var is pretty consistently used for variable files on all Linux distros. Solaris and other proprietary Unix puts all kinds of other shit there. /opt and /usr/local are generally unpackaged guff.

thras 18y ago

Suffering? It runs more than one application at once. You don't get viruses if you keep it up to date (unless you're an idiot). Copy and Paste works. There is nothing else out there that I need an OS to do for me. Everything else is in application land, where Mac and Linux sometimes fall flat. I use Linux/Mac/Windows every day and have no trouble switching between them. If you are suffering under either Mac or Windows, it's your fault, not the OS's fault. If you're suffering under Linux, it's because you aren't enough of a moron to be a full time computer geek like me.