____/ 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.
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