I am going to be a touch off topic, for a few seconds: why the casual user should start on MS, in the first place, I wonder? Niche users need specialized software applications which might exists only for one platform, but what about general users?
Never minding myself (I started on mainframes around 1980, played with apples in the early 90ies, moved to only linux around 94-95, and never owned/installed/used a MS windows system),
my 10 years old child has no problem whatsoever with her eeepc running xandros: web surfing, writing school reports, chatting with her peers, web phoning me when I travel abroad, watching movies, etc..
For the general user, we do not need Ubuntu Live CD, we simply need more machines shipped with Linux preloaded:)
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I am going to be a touch off topic, for a few seconds: why the casual user should start on MS, in the first place, I wonder? Niche users need specialized software applications which might exists only for one platform, but what about general users? Never minding myself (I started on mainframes around 1980, played with apples in the early 90ies, moved to only linux around 94-95, and never owned/installed/used a MS windows system), my 10 years old child has no problem whatsoever with her eeepc running xandros: web surfing, writing school reports, chatting with her peers, web phoning me when I travel abroad, watching movies, etc.. For the general user, we do not need Ubuntu Live CD, we simply need more machines shipped with Linux preloaded :)