WSJ: Mossberg takes the Linux bait and snarls ....
Lamar Owen
lowen at pari.edu
Thu Sep 13 17:06:51 UTC 2007
On Thursday 13 September 2007, Max Pyziur wrote:
> Mossberg Looks at Ubuntu Linux on a Dell (Verdict: Not Quite Ready for
> Primetime)
I agree 100% with one of his beefs. Laptop touchpad sensitivity. When I'm
typing (and as I touch-type around 50 wpm, the keyboard is really a humming)
often the cursor will jump to where the i-beam for the mouse is; ooops, left
click. But I didn't touch the touchpad. Aggravating as all get out. (And
if someone knows a way to turn that down, please let me know, as I've not run
across the setting yet).
I agree 100% that Linux is perfect for the techies, but not yet for the
mainstream non-techie user, unless someone who is a techie is readily
available. Yep, I've run Linux for over ten years (and Unix SVR2 and 3 prior
to that on assorted workstations), but I am (job title notwithstanding) a
techie.
HOWEVER, this same thing is true of Windows; it is not ready for the
mainstream, either, even though it's in the mainstream.
--
Lamar Owen
Chief Information Officer
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
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Rosman, NC 28772
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