Re: help required.



Richard Tobin said:

In article <DtKdnXMdBMs3nYDVnZ2dnUVZ8uqdnZ2d@xxxxxx>,
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is certainly a LinuxInstall-shaped gap in the
market, for example - for people who want to use Linux but can't seem to
work out how to install it

Something that would make it as quick and easy to install as Windows,
you mean?

Most people I know can't install either Linux /or/ Windows. The only reason
they can run a Windows machine is that Windows was pre-installed.

Actually, most people I know don't know how to run Windows, either. They
can just about launch applications from the desktop or start menu, but
that is the extent of their knowledge. Windows Explorer, for example, is a
closed book, locked in a steel cabinet, buried at the back of the library
cellar and covered in coal.

Most people, in fact, should not be permitted to touch a computer, for much
the same reason that most people should not be permitted to play the
drums.

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