On 3/10/19 4:07 AM, Mike wrote:
On 3/9/2019 10:24 PM, T wrote:


Here is the thing.Â* To use a different technology requires you
to actually learn the technology.Â* You want to use Windows 10,
you have to learn it.Â* If you want to use Linux, you have to
learn it.

The majority of us don't want to LEARN any OS.

Hi Mike,

I was speaking to another I.T. person, not to the general public.
Those administering systems need to LEARN them, whatever they are.

And you are right about the general public. They could not
give a hoot is their OS was the Flaming Zucchini OpSys as long
as it ran the programs they want

We want the RESULT of running the application.

Agreed. The computer should be a tool that works for the
human, not the other way around.

We don't want to have to LEARN the application either.

That is the rub. Have you ever written software? I
have/do. 95% of the code is dealing with the interface
to the user. And they could be a lot better done.
Developers are pressures to "just ship it".

How many people already have basic knowledge of Windows?
Twelve?

How many people already have basic knowledge of Linux?
Ten?

Keep in mind that the scrubbers that guess at the installed
base of OS'es miss Linux a lot because it does to spy on
you and the telemetry is not there.

The ratio of those two numbers tells the story.
There's little motivation for change.

The motivation would be when they could run the apps
the want on it. That is Linux's only drawback at
the moment. Linux now has some really nice desktops.


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Linux's only draw back now is the lack of application support.
ONLY???????Â* ;-(

Yep. You must be remembering years ago when their
GUI's were nasty. Linux is faster, far more stable,
technologically superior, and very easy to use.

Maybe you should try downloading and trying some of the
Live Spins. They have the desktops already set up so
you can fly before your buy. There are some nice spins too.

If I had to boil it down to one, it's complete lack of empathy
(with prejudice) for Windows Refugees.Â* What do you expect when
it says "FOAD WinDroid" on the linux clubhouse door?

Sorry. Not following.

-T