Zubin: >> I still don't think that makes FC5 user-unfriendly. There are dozens of >> websites like >> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html that >> show people how to do things in a very simplified manner. Jacques B: > Simple to someone who's familiar with Linux. But a MS Windows user is > used to having things auto install, or install with a simple click of > a mouse. Though, playing devil's advocate: How well do they cope with fixing a Windows problem? Even something as simple as installing a printer sometimes brings users to a hair-pulling situation, where the install routine doesn't work, nor bears any resemblance to the guide that came in the box. > Not following instructions to copy something to a particular > folder, or unzip and untar, then rpm -ihv ... Did you look at the > instructions to install Java? Yes, some are worse than others. Good instructions can make a three-line recipe for installing some of them quite painless to implement. > And if something doesn't work, then what? Not a problem unique to Linux, though. I've seen plenty of Windows users who've just got used to <something> crashing while they're using it, or they just give up using it. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
