the problem with Linux?

[Lloyd Budd]

On 6-Apr-04, at 23:23, Jeremy Wakeman wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 10:33:11PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote:

> I have heard dozens of people complain about how difficult Linux is to 
> use
> and configure.  In almost every case, the complaint was not actually 
> about
> the relative difficulty as compared to...
This is a fantastic assertion, that is also very easy to be demonstrated
to *still* be false (at least in the case where one is setting up the 
operating
  environment for home use).

Your own assertions confirm this:
> is to design a good-looking, intuitive GUI that is, in function, as 
> close to
> "edit the /etc/program.conf file" as possible
The problem here is choice.  Most computer users simply want it to
work... this is case on MSWin for CD, DVD players, sound, printers,
and even more so on Mac OS X , with it's greater application 
integration.

Looking forward to the same level of "self-automation" *sic* in
Open Source / Linux,
Lloyd


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