I know that everyone is always saying this, but there are a few things that "linux" needs to do to gain the average user's desktop.
I use SuSE 7.3, and love it, but there are a few things that were somewhat difficult for me to figure out, and I can't imagine what the non-techie user would do about these things.
-printing: it is currently a shade less than a nightmare to configure printing in linux. I believe this varies wildly depending on what printer you are using. One false move, and your printer starts printing a million pages of gibberish.
-Internet connectivity: I think the biggest hurdle for this one is the evil WinModem. Also, some ISP's just plain don't have a clue how to help users set up connections using linux.
Some other ideas:
-I have no idea how this one might be implemented, but some sort of "sanctioned" place for technical support for users would be good. I think one central place would give users some comfort instead of being told that they need to find their technical support on newsgroups.
-We can always use more support from hardware manufacturers. This seems to be getting better and better all the time!
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The K Office Suite has a program called Kivio, which is a visio type app.
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Good idea regarding the ad-campaign. Only problem: who would pay for it?
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I know that everyone is always saying this, but there are a few things that "linux" needs to do to gain the average user's desktop.
I use SuSE 7.3, and love it, but there are a few things that were somewhat difficult for me to figure out, and I can't imagine what the non-techie user would do about these things.
-printing: it is currently a shade less than a nightmare to configure printing in linux. I believe this varies wildly depending on what printer you are using. One false move, and your printer starts printing a million pages of gibberish.
-Internet connectivity: I think the biggest hurdle for this one is the evil WinModem. Also, some ISP's just plain don't have a clue how to help users set up connections using linux.
Some other ideas:
-I have no idea how this one might be implemented, but some sort of "sanctioned" place for technical support for users would be good. I think one central place would give users some comfort instead of being told that they need to find their technical support on newsgroups.
-We can always use more support from hardware manufacturers. This seems to be getting better and better all the time!
-Lastly, the ubiquitous Games! We need more!
barnisinko