[KLUG Members] Linux and MacIntosh

[Rusty Yonkers]

The Gnome and KDE interfaces are easy to navigate for people (my wife
and kids use it even).  The problem comes from more administrative
tasks like adding digital cameras, printers, printing problems, and
in a lot of ways cd ripping and burning.  It works but is not nearly
as easy to get working and keep working as it needs to be.  It is way
to daunting of a task for most home users.  The Mac interface is way
different than Windoze but so is Gnome (KDE is a lot like Windoze). 
Setting up stuff on it is really quite easy though.  And down the
road they can use Yellow Dog and dual boot between OS X and Linux
(Yellow Dog is really sweet on that awesome Mac hardware).  

Most home users also do not have a Linux user just around the corner.
 Then there are the idiots at the stores that claim to know computers
but only know Windoze and then only for gaming with the latest first
person shooters (mostly 18 to 25 year old kids - hmmmm guess I am
kinda dating myself here).  In the olden days computer stores were
there partly to help the people but now, since there is really almost
no profit in hardware and software sales anyway, they hire the bottom
of the dregs for the most part and then don't give them the training
or the time to be able to truly support the customer.  



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