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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Martin wrote: > 2009/7/16 Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>: > John Hansen wrote: >>>> There are two interesting articles in today's edition of Micromart >>>> on the subject of Linux. In one the subject is "Why isn't Linux >>>> catching on" and the other article is " Linux on the High Street". >>>> >>>> PC World was visited and were dismissive of Linux. >>>> >>>> It occurs to me that if Linux is to be accepted in all quarters >>>> then Schools and Local and Central Government need to adopt a >>>> Linux distro rather than promoting MS. >>>> >>>> >>>> John W Hansen >>>> > Yeah had a quick scan of this in smiths today, may pick up a copy later, > another thing it does say is for everyone to back one distro, somewhat > controversial but it does also say there are too many distributions, > Windows has 4 or 5 versions of vista, there are 100's of distros out there. > > >> Is this really an issue - I would say around 80-90% of users use one >> of fedora/RH, Ubuntu/Debian, SUSE or derivatives of same > >> The "hundreds" are done to serve specific roles - firewalls, low-spec >> machines etc > Yes but to a new user they are faced with a somewhat bewildering array of choices if they type in Linux distros on google and go to a site that lists them, remember we are talking about people who just use computers not tech users, or know how to turn a computer on. I think its one of the arguments, too many distros, so this needs to be addressed (see my website post), if we can update the website we can address this issue, and have a section on what distro to use, and why there are so many, Paul > > I think if Linux is to be adopted then the community needs to get behind > it(see my feynman post), and start to really promote it and support it, > educate people on the importance of freedom etc. > > I can do some work on promotion, but get stuck on the support side or > on specific issues, > > is anyone up for doing something on September 19th Software freedom day? > > Paul > > >> - -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html >> - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpfCn4ACgkQaggq1k2FJq2iswCfRTSVgk8+DT30K0nwSjPuX2yo E74AmgIR7OhcvZX4kO/dwPcOPGkp3fKz =dgps -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html