We succeeded: was Which Linux distribution is stable yet up-to-date

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 13:10:00 +0200
"E.S. Rosenberg" <esr+linux-il at g.jct.ac.il> wrote:


> I just don't get the "I don't like Unity so Ubuntu is not an option"
> that's saying "I don't like [DE] and therefore [distro] is not an
> option" even though I don't think there is any distro that prevents
> you from installing other DEs...

"I don't like Unity so Ubuntu is not an option" is stated by computer
users. Not power-users. Not computer enthusiasts. Not POSIX
knowledgeable people. Just people who need a computer to do certain
tasks. The types who formerly used Windows and Mac before there was a
better alternative.

Last century our goal was to make Linux easy enough so that just plain
computer users would choose and use it. We succeeded. So now we get "I
don't like Unity so Ubuntu is not an option".

We succeeded. Personally, I think our next task is to pull the just
plain users up to our level, before they pull Linux down to theirs.

SteveT

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