[ Offline ] Re: [LI] Yamaha YMF724

["Aditya Deshpande" <adityad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

| linux fan, i find it extremely difficult to convince them to use linux. My
| friends by the way are not power users. In the sense, networking,...
smtp...
| dns... etc.. means a very little to them. I just can't tell them that
linux
| can handle all these stuff cooly. They are the end users who use pC
| for Fun. ( Music, Games, Chat... etc).


Hi Arjun,
    Here are a few things I have noted while trying to convert people.
Please note that this is not a flame

1. Most of them are using pirated copies of Windows let alone the
    Software running on it.
2. While buying PC they do not bother to see the specs just the price.
    This is after PCQuest  comes part specs their cost etc in Products
    Annual.
3. These people face problems even with windows because of badly
     written drivers for cheap hardware.

4. Best way to convert these people is to find a cheap and decent quality
    hardware for them. But first they have to believe that piracy is not
legal.
    The overall Linux cost benefits are too high.

regards
Aditya


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