On 22/09/14 10:39, Bill wrote:
In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes

About Linux

The only two things I have found that are still substandard are
scanner and wifi drivers.

And audio interface drivers, especially for anything beyond just
listening,

Nope, mine works ok in both modes silutaneously now


and I can't find a virtual keyboard that works properly on a
tablet PC

yes, tablet PCs are a bt too new for linux to have caught upo with yet.


If you are lucky, they work. If not, you then do need to spend time
finding out the magic spells.

I needed more than magic to get the various audio mixers into any sort
of sense and working with Jack and the various other audio apps. I am
still not at all happy.


Yerrs. But Jack is a bit specialised. I tried it and it broke everything
else.

For MOST people who want just skype and listen to sound pre recorded,
linux works fine.



But the daughter in law who saw it for the first time yesterday picked
up and used the Ubuntu laptop that sits in the lounge for the family
when they visit, and I'm not sure she noticed it wasn't Windows.


In fact, most people don't. The menus look a bit different but not
alarmingly so, and frankly who uses menus except to set the thing up?

If we were to say that 'linux (mint?) today is where XP was 5 years ago,
except its faster stabler and nicer and costs nothing,' then I think we
would probably agree.


That is, on a desktop for the vast majority of ordinary users, its
stable familiar and all 'just works'


In fact the one thing I had to do at deep console level was to get rid
of Mint Mates propensity to add in folders called 'My this, 'My that'
and 'My the ****ing other' on the desktop, like wot Windows does.

There is some program that runs at window startup that actually creates
these effing things if they are not present, as well as sticking them on
the desktop.

Its config file needed editing ....





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