[SATLUG] Linux Not Ready for the Desktop

[Walt DuBose]

I also know that several professors at Trinity Univ have switched over to Linux 
and/or Mac OSX because of the failings of the M$ OS and some of applications.

Walt

Tom Weeks wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 October 2007 09:39:29 pixelnate wrote:
> 
>>Tom Weeks wrote:
>>
>>>My brother's a red neck musician who thinks he knows about computers (the
>>>worst of all).  I've managed him to try to use Linux now about once/year
>>>for the past four years.  He's now at a point (or I should say that most
>>>Distros are now at a point) where he can install it, it works, and the
>>>GUI is uniform and intuitive enough that he can jump in and use it.  And
>>>apps like Audacity and Open Office he absolutely loves..  He's told me
>>>since switching over, "I'm was just fed up with Windows Crashing every
>>>time I have some critical composition or sound file loaded up... and
>>>after seeing the new Fedora, Audacity, and what Open Office can do for
>>>free.. I'm like..whoa!  I love it! I'm never going back to Windows now!"
>>
>>You should show him Ubuntu Studio. It is perfect for musicians. RT
>>kernel, all the audio apps you could shake a stick at.
>>
>>ubuntustudio.org
> 
> 
> Thanx for the pointer Nate.. :)
> 
> Tweeks