“Hello, everyone. Starting this week, I will try to answer
the question that’s been plaguing many Linux-ites out there: “If
Linux is so great, why isn’t my best friend/sister/next door
neighbor/etc using it?” Heck, why are people even still using
NT?“
“With all the publicity that Linux has gotten lately, some of my
least techno-savvy friends are coming up to me and asking me
whether I think they should run Linux. When I think of the number
of calls I get from those friends with strictly Windows- related
problems (which usually end in “Just reboot”), I shudder. Those
that are a little more computer literate have a different bend on
it. “Sure, I’d like to run Linux, but administering a Linux system
is going to take me years to learn.”
“Trapped. Devil and the deep blue sea stuff. Windows is a
mediocre OS but the alternative is too hard to take care of. Where
will this madness end? This “difficult to administer” problem is
where I’d like to begin this column.”