[SATLUG] Video Drivers

[Robert J Hewitt]

Here is my 2 cents on it My wife hates Linux and will not use it, which
is good it keeps her off certain computers in the house.  I have never
recompiled a Kernel in my life and windows came with all my Dell
systems.  I have used windows since version 2.0 with dos and I use XP on
one of my custom computers.  Vista sucks from all that I hear out there
and this is coming from a computer store sales person too.  (Give it 2
or 3 years and it might improve.)  Vista does look a lot like OSX and
OSX smells a lot like Linux or Unix dependent on your point of view.  I
like Fedora 7 and my wife hates it life goes on and the war between
Microsoft and the rest of the computer world goes on. Oops let me
restate that some of the little widgets in Vista look like OSX. lets see
how the world transpires and just for fun  "Can't we all get along?"  

RObert
   kc5jmr at grandecom.net
  
On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 12:24 -0500, Daniel J. Givens wrote:
> Alan L. Lesmerises wrote:
> > As for being ready for the desktop, I just keep thinking of people like
> > my mother-in-law and my wife who are both very technologically
> > challenged.  The idea that someone would have to recompile the kernel
> > and/or manually edit some configuration file to install a driver or
> > something is a little challenging for me -- with over 20 years of
> > computer experience -- I can't envision my wife or mother-in-law being
> > capable of handling anything close to that.
> 
> My wife used Linux on my system before she got her own. She uses Windows
> on her new system at this moment for school. She is constantly
> complaining about it and how much easier things were under Linux. When
> things go wrong (error message of any sort) under Windows or Linux, she
> calls me to help and/or explain. Windows is not some great, easy thing
> without usability problems. More people are accustom to it and know how
> to work around things when they break.
> 
> And since when do you have to recompile your kernel for a video driver?
> You guys are using the wrong distros if you're having these kinds of
> issues with sound and video.
> 
> > IMO, if it isn't push-button easy and idiot-proof, it surely won't be
> > ready for widespread desktop use.
> 
> And Windows is? This is why I think general purpose computers in the
> home are mostly impractical for most people. Most people need an
> internet and email box. They don't need the power and flexibility that
> the computers we have today provide us.