On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:09:34 +0100, Kier wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:36:10 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Kier on Wednesday 29 August 2007 11:14 : \____
>>
>>> Nice account of the fairly painles conversion of Windows user to Linux:
>>>
>>> "Another Linux user. Our ranks grow.
>>> Geekitude , Reviews
>>>
>>> About 6 months ago I was having a conversation with my roommate Beth,
>>> talking about her aging Dell laptop. She was considering getting a desktop
>>> machine to use as her primary workhorse for her up and coming graduate
>>> student immersion.
>>>
>>> I thought a bit, and said "Hey, I could probably get you something decent.
>>> We could even make this an interesting experiment. Tell you what, I'll get
>>> you a machine, but it'll run Linux. Up for it?"
>>>
>>> "Sure!"
>>>
>>> And we were off..."
>>>
>>> http://planet-geek.com/archives/004075.html
>>
>> It's comforting to see that people who are technophobes can nowadays switch and
>> even get support from a relative or a friend at the start. It makes them feel
>> like less of an oddball. That's why breaking that little barrier at the start
>> is so important for Linux and really gets the proprietary software vendors
>> scared.
>
> It's certainly much easier for a new user than going it alone
>
I wish that I'd had someone local before I took the plunge, I might not
have made such a pigs ear of it initially!
Tim.
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