Tim: >> Try that the other way around. It's far easier for an ignorant Windows >> user to screw things up. That's why the world's infested with Windows >> viruses, and broken Windows PCs. Abhishek Rane: > Ya but actually its more easy to call a hardware engineer or a > knowledgeable friend and get it fixed at a pretty low > price/free.. More common to take it to some place, or a friend, that does a wipe and re-install, with no proper diagnosis. It's clear from the staff that I've talked to at various computer companies that few really have any idea about computing. They're only at the point-and-click level, too. > Imagine screwing up a linux machine even hardware engineers > refuse to touch the machine.. I find it's much harder for someone to screw up a Linux box in the first place. And since there's quite a limit to how you initially got yourself a Linux box, a completely lost user just has to go back to there, and start again. If you installed it yourself, you can re-install it yourself. > Forums/mailing lists is an option but what if the system is screwed > and no spare PC with internet? Same applies to Windows. I don't know how some people manage with only one PC. So many faults almost require a second machine to sort out (reading on-line information, downloading replacement/repair software, etc). > I think Linux should be taught in every school like they > teach windows XP :-) Must be different where you are, but they don't teach such things around here. It's a box on the desk that you click on things. You're not actually taught anything about how it works. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
