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Toronto Star: Penguin's Dream: Go Mainstream
Apr 12, 2004, 15 :15 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (8407 reads)

(Other stories by Rachel Ross)

Penguin's Dream: Go Mainstream

"But does Linux have what it takes to win over computer users who grew up on Windows?

"The Star put the software to that test, with the help of three twenty-somethings from the GTA. Ryann Andrade, Aprile Cadeau and Casey Palmer were interested in Linux but had never used it. We handed each a copy of MandrakeSoft's Discovery 9.2, selected because it's designed for beginners and liked by many Linux fans..."

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'I'll Use Windows, Primarily'

"Like the rest of our participants, Ryann Andrade decided to partition her hard drive so she could run Windows and Linux on the same machine. She found the entire installation process a snap. She estimates it took her less than half an hour to get the operating system up and running..."

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Rough Launch Led to Smooth Sailing

"But the University of Toronto student had never installed an operating system before she got her copy of Discovery 9.2 last month.

"She considers her initiation into the world of installation rather horrific..."

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Linux 'Good... It Could Be Better'

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"Casey Palmer had planned to run both Windows and Linux on his home computer, but the machine had other ideas at first. After he partitioned the hard drive and installed MandrakeSoft's Linux Discovery 9.2, he couldn't figure out how to get Windows running again..."

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I suspect that the Star genuinely wanted ...   Can they still not get it right?   
Tony OBryan
Apr 12, 2004, 15:54:52
 
good enough.  Sitting here with my WinXP ...   Good enough, is well. . .   
BigDaddy
Apr 12, 2004, 16:03:57
 
He appreciates the stability of the soft ...   "...not just the sites Konqueror can handle"   
Bob Robertson
Apr 12, 2004, 16:38:39
 
Jeff Cooper wrote that the professional  ...   Re: Good Enough   
Bob Robertson
Apr 12, 2004, 17:03:12
 
> "It crashed less than Windows," he sai ...   "Linux was very stable" :^)   
R.L.
Apr 12, 2004, 17:35:50
 
to let the test subjects begin with a NA ...   A more balanced test would be...   
GreyGeek
Apr 12, 2004, 17:51:51
 
Imagine a Mac user just evaluating some  ...   Imagine a Mac user...   
Alain EMPAIN
Apr 12, 2004, 17:55:04
 
All 3 of them had browser problems.  Man ...   Shooting yourself in the foot   
Kevin
Apr 12, 2004, 18:20:33
 
> Instead of listing programs by their n ...   This Statement   
Richard Steven Hack
Apr 12, 2004, 18:32:32
 
With Endorsements Like Those....I just l ...   With Endorsements Like Those....   
Nicholas Donovan
Apr 12, 2004, 18:49:38
 
> I just love how the typical 'enlig ...   Re: With Endorsements Like Those....   
TC
Apr 12, 2004, 19:59:04
 
...discount all of the issues because th ...   That's right...   
sdfsdfdf
Apr 12, 2004, 20:54:49
 
I think folks misunderstood my point.The ...   Re: Liberals/Conservatives et al.   
Nicholas Donovan
Apr 13, 2004, 01:54:14
 
I hear that artists sometimes can't  ...   learn to let go   
ac
Apr 13, 2004, 04:48:58
 
"You don't just dump a new operating ...   Re: Can they still not get it right?   
Don Mills
Apr 13, 2004, 08:51:30
 
1) if you are going to compare Linux to  ...   History repeats itself (for all the wrong reasons)   
linux__boy
Apr 13, 2004, 14:17:45
 
 In other words, morons who HAVE BEEN TR ...   Re: This Statement   
Mike Rasmusson
Apr 13, 2004, 16:54:39
 
> The feedback from the users in the art ...   Re: Re: Can they still not get it right?   
Tony OBryan
Apr 13, 2004, 19:51:33
 
> First of all, how would listing by pro ...   Re: This Statement   
Tony OBryan
Apr 13, 2004, 20:05:02
 
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