[kictanet] Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic

[Odhiambo WASHINGTON]

* On 20/04/07 07:29 -0700, Alex Gakuru wrote:
| Don't have any data though I can say  nearly all surfers at my cafe
| use Linux but they have no clue they were using the Linux ("For Human 
| Beings") installed.  Firefox did a good thing to develop identical 
| versions for Ubuntu Desktop and Windows. 

ACK.

| Education told us here it's policy all public schools PCs must
| be dual boot, thus one would expect that they all should/shall have 
| one *nix flavour or another which will mean big numbers.

I did not understand the need for dual-boot though. What is it supposed 
to achieve for a non-techie?

| I chose Ubuntu because of its user-friendliness. Perhaps others chip in?

Perhaps we need a debate on this. I use FreeBSD because I believe I am
99% competent in running it, either as a server or desktop PC. I know
how to make my way around almost over _any_ problem with it. I do 
know for a fact that only a very small percentage of those who say
"I know Linux" can be able to fix it if it gets broken. Mostly, the
"I know" is based on the GUI being available during install and normal
use. When a problem comes up, it is the same thing as Windows - when
the GUI is not there, they are at a loss!
My thinking is that people should use an OS based on their competence
with it, user-friendliness notwithstanding.

The OS is just the road. The tools are the applications that you can run 
on it. However one should be able to choose a road they are comfortable 
with.

To me user-friendly means how fast I can recover from a problem either 
with the OS or the installed applications, GUI or no GUI. Perhaps this 
applies only to me?


        cheers
       - wash 
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