On 2013-02-13 17:31, Lisi wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 February 2013 22:02:32 Alan Pope wrote:
>> I recently (1.5 years ago) installed Ubuntu for a retired chap who
>> had
>> only ever used Windows. He requested it because he was sick of
>> viruses
>> and slow-downs of Windows. I printed out a getting started guide and
>> allocated ~2 hours to walk him through the basics of Ubuntu.
>
> When I installed and set up Linux for my husband, the original
> technophobe, I
> printed out a sheet of instructions which included things like "turn
> it on at
> the socket on the wall. The socket has a red sticker on it." and
> "take out
> your Wisden's and read it for a bit". I then gave him a run through.
> After
> 3 weeks, when he had not once asked for help, I commented on the
> fact, and he
> said: "I don't have to. It just works." More recently he said: "Why
> do
> people think that Linux is hard when it is so easy?"
>
> Lisi
...and it's getting even easier, ne' the Chromebook. (groan issues
from the collective group) But it's true. It Linux Jim, but not as we
know it. A large percentage of the MS Windows using public have waken
up to the fact that they don't need a 8-core i7, with a 2-gig video
card, and SSD, and 16 gigs of RAM, and a big screened retina display to
browse the web and read their e-mail. The tablet boom-bubble has showed
many another way. Microsoft no longer owns the end-user experience:
think iPads, smartPhones, BYOD at work.
...and it's not just PCs, tablets, and phones that run Linux. Linux!
Coming to a TV near you soon! and message from Intel, Apple, and
Google. It will be like the Chromebook. Almost impossible to see the
Linux bones, but still Linux under the skin. RMS will hate it.
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