Re: [edlug] Stallman's talk

[Keith Brown <hennesseybrown@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

 --- Philipp Wesche <phi1ipp@xxx.xxx.xxx> wrote: > 
>Windows asks very few questions
> before you start working with it. This is exactly
> what
> non-technical users need. They don't want to have to
> know what a partition is. I know what 50% of you
> will
> now say ("more power to them if they do" or worse,
> "but they should, otherwise they'll still be
> helpless") but I believe this is fundamentally true.
> When I show people Knoppix, they want to try Linux.
> But when I say, "we need to partition your disk", I
> get frightened looks.

The problem is that they want to *try* Linux but,
unless they have a spare machine, preserve their
existing Windows install. Thus Linux has to play nice
with Windows, whereas Windows doesn't care about
playing nice with Linux. There's not a level playing
field. The alternative would be a Linux install that
just nuked whatever existed on the disc, closer to
'just works' but then people would be less inclined to
try it.

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