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Anyone looking to try linux out for size i'd suggest "Simply Mepsis 3.4-3" its "live cd" which means it will boot and load off your cd player and you can test it out without installing it. If you like it you can install it to your Hard drive. I tried it on my laptop and it auto-detected my WIFI stuff on my IBM Thinkpad and didn't have to do anything. Very easy.
Thanks to a couple of people here that mentioned it to me.
I've also found that I don't miss the eye-candy games that cost a small fortune. I can play Quake, though, and Diablo II if I want.
People don't realize I'm not on a Windows box when I send them documents I've created, and I can do anything I want on-line without worry.
Frozen Bubble? It came with my Knoppix-Debian distro, but I've never tried it. Be back soon :-)
Sorry, it seems a wee "Pollyanna" to me. This article glosses over (actually ignores) some difficulties for the newcomer to Linux (as this newcomer posts out of Novell/SuSE 9.2 Professional).
Linux is decidedly NOT ready to replace the Windows Desktop. While i personally enjoy it, and learn new things every day, the average user wants to get on the net, do a little bit of office stuff, store photos, and so on. They don't have the time to learn the excellent alternatives that _nix can offer.
Aside from that, as Shadow Ace and others could tell you, configuring Dialup (internal modems) under Linux can be a nightmare of Google Chases to find out what is needed (often to discover that it is not possible for one's particular system.
Another example: Firefox Macromedia flash Plugins for the x86_64 system. Not pretty, and i don't know if it's even possible. It certainly ISN'T possible for the average user.
Even Linux publications assume that the reader knows far more than (s)he actually does know. The only really 'readable' Linux material i've ever seen is published by Marcel Gagne. Linux HOW-TOs that come with distributions are often outdated, and many times they're not applicable to the particular distribution.
Yes, the system is impressive, but the community has a LONG way to go to make it appealing to the average user.
BTW, i'm not completely ignorant, but my experience is out of the DOS 3.x days. The technology, both hardware and software, is changing to fast for folks like me.
Under what rock do you find a total computer newbie in 2006?
No kidding! Especially since Linux resellers like IBM and Novell haven't even been able to complete their transitions yet, and refuse to even give a schedule. How many years behind is that city in Germany too? Obviously even legitimate experts in Linux can't make the transition gracefully or timely, meaning anyone recommending it for "newbies" has some sort of agenda and is limited to opinion pieces rather than facts. Kudos to the author for admitting it, since most Linux pushers won't.
There is nothing more entertaining than the sight of ignorance in action.