ive found that introducing people to alternatives to standard 'doze software has a better chance of getting people to look favourably on open source than prosletyzing linux. firefox instead of IE, aMSN instead of MSN Messenger, Gimp instead of photoshop, VLC instead of WMP - once people have had a chance to see the quality of these, and see how easy (and secure) they are, THEN its possible that they could be persuaded to try a live cd. see, people arent interesed in switching from something they know for something that has a reputation for being techy and geeky - even though they know its buggy seriously insecure, this is something that (mostly) works, and theyve become used to it - switching to something utterly different is obviously going to take far too long, so they wont do it. but once they realise that they already know a lot of the programs that they may use on linux - well, suddenly theres a lot less to learn. let them know that youre willing to show them how it works, let them come to you - and when the time comes, be ready - because the time WILL come that they want to know more.
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ive found that introducing people to alternatives to standard 'doze software has a better chance of getting people to look favourably on open source than prosletyzing linux.
firefox instead of IE, aMSN instead of MSN Messenger, Gimp instead of photoshop, VLC instead of WMP - once people have had a chance to see the quality of these, and see how easy (and secure) they are, THEN its possible that they could be persuaded to try a live cd.
see, people arent interesed in switching from something they know for something that has a reputation for being techy and geeky - even though they know its buggy seriously insecure, this is something that (mostly) works, and theyve become used to it - switching to something utterly different is obviously going to take far too long, so they wont do it.
but once they realise that they already know a lot of the programs that they may use on linux - well, suddenly theres a lot less to learn.
let them know that youre willing to show them how it works, let them come to you - and when the time comes, be ready - because the time WILL come that they want to know more.