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> It's not ready for people who do not know what they're > getting into, linux is NOT windows and to presume that it's > just a better version of windows is foolish. The proposition > when installing desktop linux for home users is very > important since it will reflect what value people believe > they will get out of it and what advantages they will take from it. > > For instance a lot of the people that I see at the South End > Technoledgy Center are towards the poorer end of the economy; > to them the idea that you can get the operating system for > free is not important since windows comes for "free" on all > PCs. No what excites them is being able to arbitrarily choose > a new application, download it and use it without paying > anything. with no virus checker or spamware to pay for and > the general advice that buying software at a store isn't > going to work it prepares people for what they need to > account for and provides a happier linux user. > > Best Regards, Martin Owens
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