__/ [ Handover Phist ] on Saturday 27 January 2007 16:52 \__
> On 2007-01-27, Bob <bob@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I just spent some time at the local computer place having them ghost
>> over a failing hard drive onto a new drive and the whole time I was
>> watching the guy run "Windows" on his desktop. At the end, when I asked
>> him about Linux, he said, "I have Linux right here", then he clicked
>> around the "Windows" box and indicated that this was actually running
>> Linux. Debian, to be precise. What a long way Linux has come, when it
>> looks and acts (in all good respects) just like a modern Windows machine.
>
> That's only coming a long way in respect to having a look and feel that
> you're used to. In the last five years even more progress has been made
> in respect to functionality. Comparitively speaking, Linux is a
> powerhouse system compared to any Windows offerings.
>
>> I now have a huge drive and an open drive (10 GB) and I may finally give
>> Linux a whirl. I'll let u know when I do if I need some help.
>>
>> One more thing. In this small town, where we are the last to try
>> anything, my Mom, who works at the local college, called me and asked if
>> I knew Linux. She had just fielded a phone call from a resident or
>> student who had Linux and wanted someone to teach her how to use it.
>> Sadly, I could not help. I considered that a breakthrough moment. Linux
>> has come to this small town in the West.
>
> Linux is going everywhere. Growth on the desktop is exploding in a way
> I've never seen.
Grabbed from one of the sites a while ago (for a different thread):
http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/sites/feb1-24.jpg
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