And so does Windows!
The whole Linux movement is for geeks who want to cut teeth.
If common people have so much difficulty using an OS like Windows, I do not foresee how a Linux and all the myriad variants of Linux we have are ever going to be supported well.
Worst, even geeks like me can't get it to work beautifully with any laptop. After all the research I do in getting the right laptop. Of course, I could go for Linspire or Lindows laptops, but that is a small outfit which wont stand the test of times.
All in all I think Apple has it all going. OS X is built on BSD, a rock solid unix based OS and with Apple we can save ourself the trouble of trying to get things to work. You pay them for doing that job.
I want soomething that works...all the time.
If I am going to spend all this time trying to get Linux to work on a piece of hardware, how am I going to do the thhings I really want to do with my desktop/laptop.
I remember that dialog between Grace and her assistant where Grace says "I want to marry THE ONE" and her assistant replies "Yes! How else are you going to get to the twos and threes!"
Same story here...almost!
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And so does Windows! The whole Linux movement is for geeks who want to cut teeth. If common people have so much difficulty using an OS like Windows, I do not foresee how a Linux and all the myriad variants of Linux we have are ever going to be supported well. Worst, even geeks like me can't get it to work beautifully with any laptop. After all the research I do in getting the right laptop. Of course, I could go for Linspire or Lindows laptops, but that is a small outfit which wont stand the test of times. All in all I think Apple has it all going. OS X is built on BSD, a rock solid unix based OS and with Apple we can save ourself the trouble of trying to get things to work. You pay them for doing that job. I want soomething that works...all the time. If I am going to spend all this time trying to get Linux to work on a piece of hardware, how am I going to do the thhings I really want to do with my desktop/laptop. I remember that dialog between Grace and her assistant where Grace says "I want to marry THE ONE" and her assistant replies "Yes! How else are you going to get to the twos and threes!" Same story here...almost!