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Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
The problem with linux is that it is hard to use. Most people don't care that you can do miracles. They only know about miracles you can do by pressing a button. Not miracles you can do bu using terminal and writing complicated scripts. This is why the iphone did so great. It is so simple to use that even idiots can use it.

The N900 is better than the iphone or android in my opinion. It can do more things. But how many people are able to do these things? Only if you have a fair bit of linux background are you able to do such things.

So the next device in my opinion should be compatible with idiots to succeed. So simple that even a kid could use most of its functions.
I think thats a misconception. It used to be "harder" to use. These days the distros make it fairly easy.
The CLI is intimidating to people. People don't want to type things, they want to click things. But for somebody doing a tutorial or helping a friend over the phone its so much easier for us to just tell them what to type than to walk them thru a crap load of clicks.

Myself anymore, whenever someone asks me to fix their virus laden win box, I put Ubuntu or Mint on it with Xp in a virtual box and call it a day. I don't ever have to fix it again cause they messed it up.

It's not harder it's just different at this point. Like a standard transmission vs an automatic.
 

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