@surfaceunits: this unluckily is one of the problems also for us: a printer for labels that has got new drivers in 7 but not in any Linux distro... I've thought about testing the program with Wine or installing VirtualBox (and then an XP VM), but my colleagues don't like this idea since the say the procedure would become much more complicated than today...sic! In the meanwhile our IT (external) maintenance company has proposed to our Property a special price for Win 7 to convert all the machines... (double sic!). It's hard, but I don't give up!
@sudodus: Sweden and the northern europe Countries are very advanced about recycling electronic devices (and not only recycling!). It's a reasonable argument to buy a second-hand computer, but maybe it's easier to do it for a private than a Company. I should be able to run the OS on existing company's computers, but I see I'm not always lucky with that hardware... The President Roosevelt used to say: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.... I find this is a wonderful aphorism and it's what I have to do (if I'll be able!!)
@mastablasta: yes, you are right: there are many existing guides, but I've not found anything for real beginners. If we want that a Linux OS was used as a full normal alternative thing than other OSs, I think that we have to create a simpler and more diffused basic culture about this world. This is a constructive criticism: have you seen that in short time Android's devices have become so diffused? The same scheme should be adopted by "Linuxians": then people will naturally extend their knowledge to more complicated arguments, but (and it's also my personal experience) starting from zero I've not found a 'starting point' that can facilitate the introduction to this world, you have to 'googling' too much for all -from basics to those more complicated.
The culture about IT in general is often underestimated: the actual society works with computer machines, but it's easier to capture attention saying an aphorims in latin than showing the possibility to have a working PC with another Operative System! A computer is not (only) an household appliance, but it's often considered at that same level.
In any case, I think that a person has to feel free to "only" turn on a computer without knowing at all what is happening inside it, since I believe that a computer is a tool but not an end (except sometimes for we passionate, of course!!).
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Originally Posted by C.S.Cameron
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