The Teej said:Clearly, if the OP's sister can't figure out how to get rid of a virus, then she won't do very well with Linux
epicelite said:I would of had it worked if she didn't throw the windows CD away...
UltraMagnus said:The Teej said:Clearly, if the OP's sister can't figure out how to get rid of a virus, then she won't do very well with Linux
actually, it is nearly impossible for someone to break a *nix box without the root password.... which is how computers were designed to run, with idiots that don't know what their doing unable to break things
The Teej said:UltraMagnus said:The Teej said:Clearly, if the OP's sister can't figure out how to get rid of a virus, then she won't do very well with Linux
actually, it is nearly impossible for someone to break a *nix box without the root password.... which is how computers were designed to run, with idiots that don't know what their doing unable to break things
That's not the point - Linux is harder to use then Windows for the common user. Most people, especially people like epic's sister, don't really like change, so a change to linux would be too much.
UltraMagnus said:Ok guys, the discussion isn't about whether Linux is better then Windows or visa versa.The Teej said:UltraMagnus said:The Teej said:Clearly, if the OP's sister can't figure out how to get rid of a virus, then she won't do very well with Linux
actually, it is nearly impossible for someone to break a *nix box without the root password.... which is how computers were designed to run, with idiots that don't know what their doing unable to break things
That's not the point - Linux is harder to use then Windows for the common user. Most people, especially people like epic's sister, don't really like change, so a change to linux would be too much.
tsk, tsk, tsk...
enlighten me, how is it "harder" to use?
Drop the discussion about windows vs Linux.
QUOTE(The Teej @ Jan 19 2009, 12:15 PM)
UltraMagnus said:epicelite said:Linux is only free if your time is worthless...
seems the op has already spent an ample amount of time trying to get windows to work!
linux saves time, it just works, and doesn't break
blame microsoft for not supplying any documentation on their NTFS format.juggernaut911 said:UltraMagnus said:epicelite said:Linux is only free if your time is worthless...
seems the op has already spent an ample amount of time trying to get windows to work!
linux saves time, it just works, and doesn't break
Weird. My vista was perfect until I resized a partition in Linux... It seems Linux breaks windows...
The "common" user has experience on Windows computers. Yes, I agree, a polished linux distro such as Ubuntu is better for someone who has zero experience with computers, however the topic at hand is dealing with someone with some experience with Windows computers.UltraMagnus said:The Teej said:UltraMagnus said:The Teej said:Clearly, if the OP's sister can't figure out how to get rid of a virus, then she won't do very well with Linux
actually, it is nearly impossible for someone to break a *nix box without the root password.... which is how computers were designed to run, with idiots that don't know what their doing unable to break things
That's not the point - Linux is harder to use then Windows for the common user. Most people, especially people like epic's sister, don't really like change, so a change to linux would be too much.
tsk, tsk, tsk...
enlighten me, how is it "harder" to use?