[BadVista Advocate] Ubuntu? Well OT.

[Sunnz]

2007/5/2, member greenarrow1 <greenarrow1 at opensuse.us>:
> On 5/1/07, Michael D. Stemle, Jr. <manchicken at members.fsf.org> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 May 2007 13:31:34 Lam YongXian wrote:
> > > > 2007/5/2, Lam YongXian <news at adolflam.com>:
> I totally agree.  How many of you have actually tried to get Windows
> users to try and then switch over to any Linux distro, not just one
> that uses entirely free programs or drivers or whatever?  I will tell
> you this if their hardware does not work they are not going to go out
> and buy hardware that is compatible to Linux, point blank.  I do not
> care how much you push freedom people just are not going to out lay
> more money when economies are getting worst so they can use Linux.
> People who use Windows feel that all their programs they are use to
> and use should be available on Linux.


Exactly.

I have been switching people to Linux and building Linux computer.
Even on computers that I built that I can avoid most propriety
drivers, I still have to install propriety codecs. People have large
collection of video and music these days I bet they won't be booting
into Linux if they know it can't play an mp3 on their network share.

Here's another thing, when people first try Linux they are most likely
be dual booting anyway, the Linux on it, free or not, is more of a
learning tool than a freedom tool at that stage. I bet people likes
freedom as much as you and me do, but they got to learn to know how
first!!!


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