On 2006-11-28, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:15:12 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Linux for Windows users
>>
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>>| Unlike Windows or Mac OS X, Linux comes with a complete office suite
>>| that's compatible with MS Office. OpenOffice.org will let you load
>>| files created in MS Word and MS Excel and save them back in that
>>| format so your colleagues who are still using Windows can read them back.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_nov28_2006
>
> I like how you extract the part complimentary to linux, but ignore this
> part:
>
> "But free software also comes at a price. There's a lot less hand-holding
> and there are more things you'll have to figure out on your own. Most of
> the answers to questions that newbies ask are tucked away in forums and
> mailing lists, but these require some dogged Web searching to ferret out."
>
> and
>
> "How do I install programs? As a Windows user, I was so used to downloading
> software from a Web site and running an EXE file to install it. Things
> aren't that simple in Linux because programs are often dependent on other
> programs that also have to be installed."
This paragraph shows that the author is fealing with a paradigm shift,
not any problem with difficulty in installing programs or anything.
Installing software in Ubuntu is *easier* than installing software in
Windows.
> and
>
> "Why won't my video files play? Out of the box, Ubuntu Linux will not play
> AVI and other proprietary multimedia formats."
Again, he's unfamiliar with programs and needs someone there to show him
the ropes. What did he do the first time WMP showed him an 'Error
Downloading Codec' message when he tried to play a video?
> and
>
> "Another useful tool is Wine, which lets you run some Windows programsI use
> it to run Adobe Photoshopin Linux. Setting up Wine isn't easy, however, and
> it's usually better to simply find Linux counterparts that work like your
> favorite Windows programs."
>
> and my favorite:
>
> "Making the shift to Linux isn't as easy as some people make it out to be.
> But there's a lot of helpand cool, free softwareavailable, if you know
> where to look."
>
> Funny how you missed all that.
Nope. It aint. It is funny how he made it reaaly hard for you to find
all that by putting the link right in front of you. Almost as hard as
installing software in Ubuntu Linux.
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