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WHudson writes "Relevantive AG, a German consulting firm who recently completed a study on Linux usability, posted their results in English translation today. Bottom line: Linux nearly as easy to use as Windows XP, but the wording of system and program messages could use some more clarity."
Linux harder to use than XP? Bollocks! When I first tried XP, I couldn't find the gnome menu! I wanted to burn a cd, and I heard about Windows XP's drag and drop burning, so I tried to get to /mnt/cdrom! But XP has it so D: is my cdrom. When I went hunting for my copy of PuTTY, it was in C:\Program Files\PuTTY! I was expecting to find it in /usr/local/bin !
Those stupid people at Microsoft, why couldn't they have made Windows more like linux?
try slackware
bite my glorious golden ass.
With the exception of LILO, as anyone who's ever recieved
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will testify.
Why are you compiling with redhat? Why not install with an RPM?
Honestly people like should not use linux. Stick to windows, you'll be much happier and you won't be bothering those snobby and childish people. As you are well aware windows users and much more adult and sophisticated and will drop eveything to rush and help you out. Why give up a supportive environment like windows? It just does not make any sense.
War is necrophilia.
You mean the way Longhorn will be copying Aqua? Why don't Linux GUI developers just copy Aqua first? ;)
The following comment on Linux shortcomings drew a chuckle from me (page 28),
"The most striking example of this is the term "Verzeichnis" (directory). To 46% of all test subjects it was unclear whether "Ordner" (folder) and "Verzeichnis" (directory) were synonymous. Consequently, they had problems with the task which asked them to create a new folder."
Now that is mindshare.
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Bottom line: Linux nearly as easy to use as Windows XP, but the wording of system and program messages could use some more clarity.
So the error messages in linux should be like "Error: No error" or "Error: Error reporting error"?
Well, good thing I print all manpages before rebooting my computer.
Why is it that so many of these so-called success stories begin with the line "and then I forced Linux upon her" and end with the line "now my Mum says how much she loves Linux?" Sounds to me less like seduction and more like rape.
It's a nice play on words, but there are plenty of people who won't make the link between that and writing data onto an optical disk.
I gotta admit... I've been using the program for years and love it, but I just realized earlier this year that the icon for Nero was a burning coloseum.
I am dumb.