On 2009-03-23, Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:22:09 +0100, Hadron wrote:
>
>> Gordon <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Sinister Midget wrote:
>>>> On 2009-03-22, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>>> Installing Linux on my girfriend¢s laptop: an overview
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | I could go on and on like this, because there¢s still some
>>>>> tweaking and | configuring to be done, but the main things are
>>>>> installed and are working | just fine. She already used it a couple
>>>>> of times, telling me she didn¢t | notice the difference with
>>>>> Windows. `----
>>>>
>>>> Uh oh! He must've fucked it up if she can't tell the difference.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Actually not true. I put Linux (Kubuntu) on our family PC and no-one
>>> noticed....
>>> :-)
>>
>> Obviously no one used it for anything other than firefox then.
>
> I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they try and install a
> Windows program on it.
That's assuming they don't get the difference between "running foo"
and getting a particular something done. A great many Windows users are
the sort that would end up asking their local Linux guru either way. So
this "great danger" of yours may be massively overblown.
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On the subject of kilobyte being "redefined" to mean 1000 bytes...
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