[dba-Tech] Deepin Linux

Hi Stuart:

I know your concerns. 

Yesterday, I talked my daughter through install Ubuntu 13.04. I handed her the DVD and said follow the prompts and ask me if you have any questions. Other than her being concerned that it was too easy and maybe she had done something wrong it went through flawlessly. Of course I was doing this for fun on a new (very cheap return leased box) PC.  

(Note: she has installed various Windows distro like XP, Vista and Windows7 before but this was her first Linux install)

I know there are still people that have a major problems even installing MS Office or any package for that matter...if there is any way to screw up they will but that is because they are have difficulties reading the prompts. ;-) Even my aunt can install Office and she is 88. (She did have us over for supper in case she ran into problems but wanted to do it herself...and no issues.)

If you can talk Susie through installing Windows you can talk her through installing, my current favourite, Ubuntu Linux.

Jim
    
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:44:00 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Deepin Linux

And that, ladies and gentlemen is why Linux has such a hard time getting a pruchase in a 
business environment.

I personally am VERY glad that there are only a limited number of Windows desktops so that 
I can talk Susie User through things.

-- 
Stuart

On 23 Jul 2013 at 15:55, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Hi Gustav:
> 
> Variety is the spice of life and these distros are not a stand-alone
> OSS but more likef a pretty desktop on top of
> Linux-Debian/Slackware/Fedora and so on. This of course allows anyone
> with more time than they know what to do with, to crank out their
> desktops and customize their own working environment to the nth degree
> and then post it and see if there are other that agree. 
> 
> I personally wish Windows was like that so there would be dozens of
> desktops for every situation and platform... and easy to exchange if
> so desired. Microsoft's virtual bare-bones command-prompt server is
> starting to attract this type of attention and we may have a number of
> distro to choose from, in the future. 
> 

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