Linux people like to invite others. Aside from all "tweaky-ville"... if you
would like to experience Ubuntu Linux as the most popular than get the
standard Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS (Long Term Support). There is absolutely
nothing tweaky-ville nerd-nuts or geek-ganked you have to do to it. Simply
install and run Update Manager for first run similar to a brand new windows
pc install getting service packs etc.
You are now good to go and experiencing Linux by Ubuntu as their standard
LTS release in Desktop Edition and famous Netbook Edition as well. It is
very windows like as far as everything you do on a computer. Email, browse,
install software, uninstall software, launch and use programs, all computer
utilities and User Preferences and so on.
Linux Mint is admittedly somewhat unstable by them. This is as the Ubuntu
10.10 and 11.04 because they are not LTS. If you like a desktop background
more like windows than install Ubuntu 10.10. The one quirk they have not
been able to fix yet is simply an invalid error message when software is
installed claiming it wasn't because they couldn't - however it did just
fine as expected. How many times in Windows do you see invalid error
messages ? System32 DLL Errors ? Always, and I have used windows for over 10
years. If we think Linux is crap over this than so it goes windows is as
well then with that line of thinking. You can't have it both ways - one is
geeky and the other isn't.
How many "tweaks" do you have to go through for Windows ? A zillion. User
Preferences, Windows Automatic Updates settings, Folder Preferences,
Security settings in the Windows system and the each and every browser
installed and in softwares, all the antivirus and antispyware needed to be
installed and all their tweak settings, all the media players and all media
softwares audio and visual, photos and all their viewer and player
settings.... it just goes on and on - a zillion - no matter what computer
system you use.
It may be most practical to just install Debian which is about the most
mature Linux 'flavor' without the bells and whistles as Windows users get
addicted to. Ubuntu Linux is geared more towards the windows lover who's
mainstay is in media and graphics and presentations. This is one of the
reasons Ubuntu is about the most popular for those who switch to Linux or
add Linux as a second system either primary or secondary to Windows or Mac.
If you install Debian or any release of Linux do not forget it will not work
as expected unless you run Update Manager at least once for the first run
install. A new Windows install or launch is NO different and only works on a
limited basis until Windows Updates is done running and other stuff
installed either by prompt or silently upon first use. You could turn the
tables here and use your argument against Windows actually. The truth is
there is NO such thing as an out-of-the-box Home Computer that starts up and
runs forever as is like buying a radio and playing it. You and I both know
that is true because you are a computer operator (user) already.
People have continually complained about all the "bloatware" that Micro$oft
adds to Windows. Linux gives you the main system ready to fashion it anyway
you wish and is why it is so popular. Linux is not like Windows that
installs gigs and gigs of nonsense that takes up all the operating resources
until you uninstall all the crap and the hour and hour and another to do
that. Windows is very slow because of its design. You immediately realize
that on Linux. All the hung applications and frozen screens and on and on do
not occur in Linux.
Some people just love to be Microsoft junkies as their mark. It is an
addictive situation. It is not a disability friendly system. There is a
reason as well people get carple syndrone as well.
Please do not listen to people telling you how you need to be some computer
whiz to run Linux and carry the tales. This would apply to Windows if you
remember your very first time starting it up and trying to figure out how to
even use it. How long did it take you on Windows to figure out how to send
your first email ? Uh-huh....
gerald philly pa usa
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From: "Ron Osborne" <majorridge67@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:13 AM
To: <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Ubuntu 11.04 Dislike
> My main issue in my life right now is that I have recently returned to
> college after a job loss as an older student; consequently, I don't have
> the money, time, and mental energy necessary to start the tweaking process
> to make Linux do what I need it to do at this time all over again. In two
> or three years when I am graduated and (hopefully in a job), I would be
> willing to do the necessary tweaking and will have fun doing it. Right
> now, I need my computer to work. As it stands, I may have to suck in my
> gut and buy a Windows system as my primary OS and go back to doing Linux
> as just a hobby, whether I stay with Ubuntu or go with another distro.
>
> I do appreciate the advice, however.
>
> The love of God begins in fear and the fear of God ends in love; and that
> love can never end, for God is love.~John Donne
>
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