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Tim
ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Fri Dec 28 13:12:32 UTC 2007
Tim:
>> Try that the other way around. It's far easier for an ignorant Windows
>> user to screw things up. That's why the world's infested with Windows
>> viruses, and broken Windows PCs.
Abhishek Rane:
> Ya but actually its more easy to call a hardware engineer or a
> knowledgeable friend and get it fixed at a pretty low
> price/free..
More common to take it to some place, or a friend, that does a wipe and
re-install, with no proper diagnosis. It's clear from the staff that
I've talked to at various computer companies that few really have any
idea about computing. They're only at the point-and-click level, too.
> Imagine screwing up a linux machine even hardware engineers
> refuse to touch the machine..
I find it's much harder for someone to screw up a Linux box in the first
place. And since there's quite a limit to how you initially got
yourself a Linux box, a completely lost user just has to go back to
there, and start again. If you installed it yourself, you can
re-install it yourself.
> Forums/mailing lists is an option but what if the system is screwed
> and no spare PC with internet?
Same applies to Windows. I don't know how some people manage with only
one PC. So many faults almost require a second machine to sort out
(reading on-line information, downloading replacement/repair software,
etc).
> I think Linux should be taught in every school like they
> teach windows XP :-)
Must be different where you are, but they don't teach such things around
here. It's a box on the desk that you click on things. You're not
actually taught anything about how it works.
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