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The Clueless Newbie Rides Again
overshoot writes "Anyone remember The Clueless Newbie's Linux Odyssey? As it happens, she's come back to have a go at Ubuntu Feisty. 'Four years ago I tried about a dozen Linux distributions, to see if they were ready for an ordinary user to install as an escape from the Windows world. None of the distros performed well enough for me to recommend them to a non-geek unless they were going to hire someone to install it. After hearing Dell's recent announcement that it will sell computers with pre-installed Ubuntu Linux, I decided to see if Ubuntu was user-friendly.'"
I'd hit it...
"Tempers are wearing thin. Let's just hope some robot doesn't kill everybody." --Bender
Once it's more of a target, you'll see a gain in attacks. Not only that, but recently any exploits to a *nix based system weren't as publicized as Windows, due to the pure hate of Microsoft.
I'm not saying that they're equal in security, I'm just saying that if I wanted to increase my chances of success on hitting a target... I'd go for a bigger target. If you're scanning ports on a network, what are your chances of hitting a windows box rather than a linux box?
I'll take a shot at the bigger one. After all, a suicide bomber doesn't waste his time blowing up a single person unless they're of high importance. I haven't got a virus or spyware for years and I've used every type of user friendly OS available. And as far as I'm concerned.. anyone that gets a ton of spyware on their pc, let alone viruses... would be too stupid to browse the internet for linux drivers or install them for that matter.
"Please, shut up. Just when I think you can't say anything more stupid, you speak again." -Archie Bunker.
If she just wants something for the average user, and simply wants to get away from Windows, why not just get a Mac and run any OS you want?
Seems like a lot of trouble on her part for nothing...
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel Boorstin
Read my other posts regarding this and the first post before marking the post as a "troll". I explained it a bit better, and can't see how an opinion on the article at hand can be considered something that is trying to fuel a fire. Now, I'm creating flame bait, you fucking toolbag.
"Please, shut up. Just when I think you can't say anything more stupid, you speak again." -Archie Bunker.
I'm not sure it is. I recently set up a kubuntu machine to watch videos on, I still have to open up a console and manually unmount (-l) discs before they'll eject. It's not a big deal for me, but I want other people to use it and nobody is going to understand that it doesn't just work. Generally people try to eject it, nothing happens, and decide linux sucks.
I know there's autofs etc, but why isn't it installed by default? It's 2007 and the leading "user friendly" distro still requires you to drop to console to get your discs back. It's fucking embarassing.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
People have to install Linux at least once. Most people have never installed Windows. Newbies don't get the big deal about "free linux". As far as they're concerned, Windows came "free" with the computer.
The effort in UI design for Linux needs to go into the actual day to day operations, not the first install. IMHO, That will be complete when I can buy something like a multifunction device (fax, scan, print) and it just works. Just like it does in, say, Windows. (Multifunctions usually have sucky Windows drivers... but at least I don't have to mess around with CUPS)