On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:50:32 -0400, Chris S. wrote:


What it does, it does well - it's just very limited as to software
availability and hence what it can do - like a Mac, but much, much
worse.

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Well said! And without emotion! Excellent!
+77

Chris

I agree, I've tried Linux and have Ubuntu in a virtual box, but rarely
launch it.
There are two things Linux Advocates miss. Businesses of course are cost
concious, but it's far more important for them to have software for which
they can rely on a pool of trained operators, either in house or from a
temp agency. Such people exist for windows stuff. Like it or not, MS
captured the market and although historically they have been slow to get
to where they are, Office is now an excellent product and if there are
problems with Windows 7 I've yet to uncover them .
The other thing people gloss over is the difficulty for completely non-
technical folks to install any OS. Heck, I have to show people how to
access their mail. They purchase their machine from a store with
everything installed and ready to run. If they add software like Quicken,
the process is painless. If they still have a problem someone like us can
help.
Oh, by the way, there is a third thing, Linux people in their NG's can be
obnoxious and unhelpful,correction, a lot of them are rude, obnoxious and
unhelpful.

A lot of the good software that runs on Linux and would appeal to the home
user is available for windows. I use Libre Office and Scribus. The latter
is quite good but you need to persevere initially. Same can be said for
The Gimp, but I'm afraid I'm not that persevering - elements 11 for me.