Re: Best Distro for the consumers market ??
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On 02/28/08 09:54, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
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> Ubuntu.
>
> Why? Because it works.
>
> Consumers don't care about freedom. If they did, they're all be using
> FOSS on the desktop right now and MS would go bust within days.
> Consumers want a product that allows them to access YouTube, the BBC
> and bittorrent/kazaa/<other file sharing network> with minimal (possibly
> 0!) effort.
I'd say that this is an inadequate list.
Young children go to web sites that use Shockwave, and there are
plenty of specialty web sites that want to install an ActiveX
component. Then there are the people who need specialized apps
because they bring work home.
And then there are people like me who telecommute. I *need* a
Windows machine sitting next to my personal Linux box because
corporate email & calendaring is Exchange, and Windows has
*complete* VT220 emulators and Cisco VPN client software. (Yes, I
want separate machines, because it's just a good idea to keep
business and personal data apart.)
> If I buy a laptop for my Dad or any other relative, I expect it to work
> out of the box without any questions. The new Dell Ubuntu-based
> laptops do this. My Dad (and indeed probably 98% of consumers) doesn't
> need anything more than a word processor, an email client and a web
> browser. OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird do this very nicely.
>
> Personally it's my belief that if you want a stable OS that you can
> rely on for servers/corporate desktops, use Debian/Gentoo/RHEL/SuSE.
> If you want a desktop that has the software you need for a Personal
> Computer, use Ubuntu.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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