[ Thanks to Steve for
this link. ]
“A lot of Linux advocates and detractors claim or still think
that Linux isn’t ready for the desktop. This may be the only thing
these two camps have in common, but I have to ask: Guys, what are
you smoking?“Let’s assume that these folks are thinking of Linux on the
desktop as just running it. It’s installed, boots, and has a nice
Gnome or KDE GUI. This would be how any self-respecting LUG member
would leave a machine for a user at an installfest so let’s start
there.“This is exactly how my Linux box is everyday when my kids come
home from school. ‘Dad, dad, can we play GNibbles?’ Sure I tell
them and leave them alone for an hour until they leave to start
playing with their toys. What did I do? I turned the box on and
logged in (their spelling isn’t at par to remember my password). I
didn’t even tell them the game was there in the first place. They
grabbed the mouse, intuitively clicked the little red hat in the
corner, read ‘Games,’ opened in up and off they went in Linux
land…”