Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses?

desmondhaynes writes "Is Linux ready for the masses? Is Linux really being targeted towards the 'casual computer user'? Computerworld thinks we're getting there, talking of Linux 'going mainstream 'with Ubuntu. 'If there is a single complaint that is laid at the feet of Linux time and time again, it's that the operating system is too complicated and arcane for casual computer users to tolerate. You can't ask newbies to install device drivers or recompile the kernel, naysayers argue. Of course, many of those criticisms date back to the bad old days, but Ubuntu, the user-friendly distribution sponsored by Mark Shuttleworth's Canonical Ltd., has made a mission out of dispelling such complaints entirely.'"

Comments

Re:Possibly

[mweather]

That's hard to do when OEMs are forbidden from advertising anything but Windows.

Re:No, and No

[Quattro Vezina]

Quite frankly, I don't want to use the same operating system as someone who refuses to edit any configuration file.

Marketing Linux to the average desktop is a bad idea. Leave Linux to the power users and the server market.