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Linux For Housewives. XP For Geeks.

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-just-cheapskates dept.

Talinom writes "ZDNet has an article sure to raise the hackles of any self-respecting geek. They report that housewives buying small laptops like the Asus EE are causing Linux usage for that demographic to spike. A reporter for Tech-On states that 'Retailers and contract manufacturers in Taiwan say that novice PC users there, like students and housewives, tend to buy the Linux version of the Eee PC701, while geeks go for Windows XP.'"

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  1. Re:My girlfriend has got an eee by eugene_roux · · Score: 0, Troll

    For a geek, both are going to be rife with mods, but the Linux is harder to learn to tweak.

    Dunno about that, exactly... I can tweak Linux to my heart's content; but I can barely open an application in XP without nearly losing my cool...

    Windows must be the most user-hostile OS currently in use. Bar none...

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  2. Re:BLASPHEMY! by cp.tar · · Score: 0, Troll

    at that point, stick to linux...

    Sure, if you want to be an asshole, please do.

    Not everyone needs Linux. Not everybody would be happy with it.
    Forcing Linux on them could only have an opposite effect.

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