Re:The Android Opportunity
by avinashv on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @03:53AM
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> I stopped using Linux on the desktop because I didn't want to have to be a sysadmin on my personal hardware.
When did you stop using Linux? I have had either a laptop or desktop with Linux installed (Ubuntu, Gentoo and DSL) since 2003/4 and spend just as much time customizing it as my Mac or Windows installations. I actually save time in the long run, because of the magic of apt-get.
Everbody gives this logic, but I've installed Linux on plenty for non-techies, and they have no problems--at least, not more than they would have had.
(One of my laptops, for the life of me, would not hook up to an external monitor. That's it.)
When did you stop using Linux? I have had either a laptop or desktop with Linux installed (Ubuntu, Gentoo and DSL) since 2003/4 and spend just as much time customizing it as my Mac or Windows installations. I actually save time in the long run, because of the magic of apt-get.
Everbody gives this logic, but I've installed Linux on plenty for non-techies, and they have no problems--at least, not more than they would have had.
(One of my laptops, for the life of me, would not hook up to an external monitor. That's it.)