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Making a convert...
piratePenguin:
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Btw, that old story of 'linux being so easy now, to install and everything', that's only from a geek's point of view. People can't even install windows xp by themselves.
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Since when was Windows XP easy to install? Fedora and SUSE passed it out ages ago did they not?
H_TeXMeX_H:
Fedora is really easy to install ... I installed it even when I didn't quite know what I was doing ... it took me a couple tries tho (the MBR refused to get overwritten for some reason)
As for converts ... you kinda have to hate M$ to switch. If you either like M$ or don't have a problem with them, then there's no reason to switch (at least in the mind of the potential convert). Yeah, I can explain to them the benefits of other OSs for hours and hours, but they could care less .... maybe they are afraid of change ? or maybe they are afraid they can't handle it ?
pofnlice:
or maybe they are afraid of all the complex lines of code they have been made to believe you have to know to do linux.
worker201:
Let's remember, though, even poster-child Ubuntu requires you to partition your hard drive. That's not something a computer illiterate person can handle. Windows XP doesn't ask you to partition, it just grabs all the space it can and goes. IF the drive is properly partitioned beforehand, then the Linux install is just as easy as a Windows install.
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Let's remember, though, even poster-child Ubuntu requires you to partition your hard drive. That's not something a computer illiterate person can handle. Windows XP doesn't ask you to partition, it just grabs all the space it can and goes. IF the drive is properly partitioned beforehand, then the Linux install is just as easy as a Windows install.
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Well, I dunno about Ubuntu, but Fedora actually has a default partition scheme. You can just tell it to use free space or erase the hard drive and it will install without you needing to partition anything.
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