Performing Brain Surgery On Yourself
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| Some years ago Linux creator Linux Torvalds famously compared
| changing operating systems to "performing brain surgery on yourself".
| I've quoted him often because so many people seem to have
| unrealistic expectations when they pick up a Linux DVD or CD-ROM.
| I've recently received a couple of e-mails in response to my articles
| here on O'Reillynet that illustrate Linus' point beautifully and
| demonstrate part of the problem Linux has faced in gaining greater
| acceptance on the desktop. OK, one of the e-mails was addressed to
| Cathy, whoever that is, but since it came to my inbox I'll assume
| it was meant for me. Here are some excerpts:
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| Problem was, I couldn't even figure out how to install a driver...
| where the driver files had to go...what the extension were (inf)..
| and stuff like...where is the .dll library and so on.
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| Linux isn't Windows. There are no .dll or .inf files. Those are
| exclusively Microsoft concepts.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/02/performing_brain_surgery_on_yo.html?CMP=OTC-0O724Z062301&ATT=Performing+Brain+Surgery+On+Yourself
http://tinyurl.com/32oxfs
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