View Poll Results: What does "ready for the desktop" mean to you?

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  • Any person can install it on any computer without any problems

    1,609 34.95%
  • Anyone can use it once it's already been installed and configured

    2,414 52.43%
  • Every commercial application works on it

    453 9.84%
  • Nothing--it's a nonsensical term

    704 15.29%
  • It automatically detects most hardware without the need to hunt down drivers

    2,236 48.57%
  • It comes preinstalled on computers so novice users don't have to install it

    889 19.31%
  • It's suitable to the needs of most beginner users but not necessarily to most intermediate ones

    568 12.34%
  • Windows and nothing else... not even Mac OS X

    46 1.00%
  • Works on my desktop

    1,199 26.04%
  • Other (please explain)

    166 3.61%
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Thread: Linux Desktop Readiness Thread

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  1. #9
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    Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

    Re: Why I Give Up On Linux......or "what needs to be fixed"

    If you had put just a bit more effort into fixing your issues, you might have had better luck. You didn't name one thing you did to fix your issues. The Wacom tablet and the digicam are the only two things I wouldn't have been able and willing to help you with if you had just made a thread asking for help instead trolling for it.

    Does everything that works in Windows work in Linux? No. This is the fault of the hardware vendors, not Linux devs. Perhaps you should spend your money were support for open source software exists.

    Nowadays, most of the time any problem can be solved with a bit of effort. Most people are unwilling to expend any amount of effort. Linux may not be ready for them yet. Windows isn't ready for most of them.

    Look at the money people are making selling anti virus software and anti spyware software.

    This thread accomplishes little more than smearing your **** on the wall to get your mommy to pay attention to you.
    Last edited by zenwhen; March 29th, 2005 at 02:46 AM.

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