xfile wrote:[color=blue]
> Thanks for sharing.
>
> In addition, mainstream users buy computers as a "solution" just like other
> products, and they don't want nor have the interest to do DIY needless to
> say to install a new OS or switch to a new OS.
>
> Linux are for techies because they never want to userstand mainsteam users,
> and they have no idea about what is "solution" or "offer". Over years, they
> have been told countless times but they are too proud to take any others'
> advises, and yet, they blame why people don't appreciate their works. LOL.
>
> Using automobiles as an example, they are sales people for auto accessories
> and parts, while the mainstream car owners want to buy a finished car.
>
> My two cents.[/color]

Your sweeping generalizations.

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>
> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy********.com> wrote in message
> news:330D72CD-8EAC-42BC-8144-3C11E57ADC52@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> I've said it many time before, and I'll say it again... nix ain't ready
>> for "Joe Normal."
>>
>> Sorry, I forget the person who suggested I try PCLinuxOS, and, that said,
>> I d/l'd it today and installed it on a desktop. (Tried installing it on a
>> laptop with a wireless NIC, but, uh, no go?)
>>
>> So I installed PCLOS, as it's called, on a desktop. Install went OK. Got
>> to the desktop fine. Where's the Network icon? None. How does one access
>> the local network? Ah, open "My Computer". Heh, heh, heh... then open
>> "Remote Places." Then open "Local Network", only to receive the msg "The
>> Lisa daemon does not appear to be running. In order to use the LAN
>> browser, the Lisa daemon must be installed and activated by the system
>> administrator."
>>
>> Uh, OK... where does one go from here? (NOT looking for answers from nix
>> folks, it's a rhetorical question.)
>>
>> Is it so hard to put a "Network" icon on the desktop?
>>
>> Is it so hard to have that functionality be transparent to the user? Is
>> the "Joe Normal" user going to know how to log on as administrator and
>> install and activate the Lisa daemon? Uh, no?
>>
>> OK... this may appear to be an attack on nix... it's not, believe me. Were
>> one to have the time to determine how to install and activate the Lisa
>> daemon... well, no issue, right? One can figure it out -eventually-,
>> right?
>>
>> And, of course, I'm not saying that Vista is "issue free." That said...
>> when I install Vista, I get a "Network" icon on the desktop that takes me
>> right to the stuff I'm tryng to access. No "install Lisa daemon" stuff...
>>
>> So, yeah, Vista's not "issue free." We all know it, and I'd be a dope to
>> claim otherwise.
>>
>> And I -am- most interested in trying different nix distros; ones that
>> might be considered "Joe Normal" friendly.
>>
>> Have yet to discover -that- nix distro.
>>
>> And, no, don't tell me Ubutnu. Been there, done that.
>>
>> Lang[/color]
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