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From: T i m on 31 May 2010 17:00 On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:54:41 +0100, "smurf" <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: >Ubuntu is certainly the easiest of all the linux distros to get on >with, if it recognises all your hardware and you use a router it is a >possible alternative. If anything goes wrong an inexperienced user has zero >chance of sorting it out. (Assuming it finds all your hardware etc) what's to 'go wrong' on a live CD? ;-) Cheers, T i m
From: Steve H on 31 May 2010 17:05 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:54:41 +0100, "smurf" <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: > >> Ubuntu is certainly the easiest of all the linux distros to get on >> with, if it recognises all your hardware and you use a router it is a > > >> possible alternative. If anything goes wrong an inexperienced user > > has zero >> chance of sorting it out. > > (Assuming it finds all your hardware etc) what's to 'go wrong' on a > live CD? ;-) A live CD is ok to try it out, but it's not a workable everyday solution. As soon as you want to install anything extra, you need a proper install. And that includes simple stuff like needing java, flash, codec updates etc, which are part of everyday computing. I think what killed Linux for me was the amount of hassle it took to even get a browser installed. -- Steve H
From: Ben Shimmin on 31 May 2010 17:07 Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com>: [...] > As soon as you want to install anything extra, you need a proper > install. And that includes simple stuff like needing java, flash, codec > updates etc, which are part of everyday computing. Don't tell Steve Jobs that! b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Steve H on 31 May 2010 17:12 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com>: > > [...] > >> As soon as you want to install anything extra, you need a proper >> install. And that includes simple stuff like needing java, flash, > > codec >> updates etc, which are part of everyday computing. > > Don't tell Steve Jobs that! Heh. Well.... Flash is required on a windows / Linux install, as I don't know how to force video sites to deliver HTML5, yet it is automatically delivered to iPads and iPhones. -- Steve H
From: T i m on 31 May 2010 18:04
On 31 May 2010 21:05:52 GMT, Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:54:41 +0100, "smurf" <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: >> >>> Ubuntu is certainly the easiest of all the linux distros to get on >>> with, if it recognises all your hardware and you use a router it is a >> > >>> possible alternative. If anything goes wrong an inexperienced user >> > has zero >>> chance of sorting it out. >> >> (Assuming it finds all your hardware etc) what's to 'go wrong' on a >> live CD? ;-) > >A live CD is ok to try it out, but it's not a workable everyday >solution. It might be depending on your requirements were. > >As soon as you want to install anything extra, you need a proper >install. Incorrect. > And that includes simple stuff like needing java, flash, I just installed flash whilst running on a LiveCD and watched a Youtube vid. > codec >updates etc, which are part of everyday computing. And the very part of 'everyday computing' Debs mate would probably rather avoid. > >I think what killed Linux for me was the amount of hassle it took to >even get a browser installed. I have 5 different distros of Linux currently installed on one laptop and a further 5 that boot from SD or pen drives. ALL of them come with a browser (often Firefox) built in and all of them connect to the Internet either wired with no intervention whatsoever or via Wireless by entering the std wireless key. May I suggest you try something 'modern'. http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download Cheers, T i m |