[chuckles]

This is why Linux will never be mainstream. I left DOS @ version 6.2. There is some sort of mental condition that keeps Linux people from fixing what could be the Microsoft killer. All that would have to be done is a few people rewrite Linux to operate sorta like Windows, or even easier, Apple. Apple's insides are pretty much Linux in drag. But Apple people will go for months or even years without pulling up a command line. When you hit "update" you don't have to know what goes into which folder on which drive, it just goes where the software writers tells it to go. Linux could do it, but they just refuse. How wonderful would it be to buy a machine from Walmart and the high school cheer leader could take it out of the box and operate it? They use their Android phone without a 6 week class because Android OS is designed for people to use intuitively.

If people have trouble with Windows, how will they learn Linux before they die? The Linux snobs just chuckle as they bark 2 pages of terminal commands to fix the problem a newbie might have, and when it doesn't work, they just chuckle as they make a smart remark saying they didn't stutter. The windows user sulks as they slither back to Bill Gates and the Linux users go back to speaking about the superiority of Linux.

The idea to move Linux to the main stream should be to make it easy to operate and understand. NO ONE wants to type 50 lines of commands. People will go through broken glass to be able to drag and drop a file rather than type in Terminal what they want it to do.

[BlueLancer]

How wonderful would it be to buy a machine from Walmart and the high school cheer leader could take it out of the box and operate it?

How wonderful would it be to buy a machine from Walmart and I could take it out of the box and operate it?

Oh, man ... I just ride in 'em. I don't know what makes 'em work.