Can Linux beat XP in homes yet or NOT?

[Mustafa Qasim]

Yes! I agree with you Mr. Erich but can you or anyone else tell me the key
factors that are involved when convincing or guiding a person how much it is
easy to move to Linux or how we can make it easy for them to take a test
drive of Linux and then make them realize that it's really better their one.

I thinks the "Satisfaction factor" comes here. What we need is to build
their satisfaction factor in Linux greater then Windows then they'll
naturally realize it instead of forcing them to make a blind jump. No one
here will make a blind jump and if we force them to do it and after that we
couldn't help them too much to keep them in ... then they will never ever
come back... :P ...

so, what r the points to build the satisfaction factor of a person on Linux?

On 7/13/07, Erich Zigler <ezigler at superhero.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, July 13, 2007 8:16 am, Mustafa Qasim wrote:
>
> > I've tried to talk with my some friends about these issues but at the
> end
> > i
> > came to know that they didn't need to listen the philosophy of FOSS they
> > just want me to practically prove that Linux is much easier and secure
> > then
> > Windows. For them installing software from source or concept of mounting
> a
> > block device is much difficult because they didn't have to do this in M$
> > XP
> > :p.
>
> I really do enjoy this subject. The bottom line is that most desktop users
> out there do not care about licensing, holy wars, FOSS, etc. They only
> care about one thing... does it work.
>
> Can they as a user sit down and get what they need to done or will they be
> spending more time working on their workstation so they can then work on
> their workstation.
>
> Linux has gotten much more "common man" user friendly then it used to be.
> (Does any one else remember installing Slackware from 26 floppies?) At
> this point in time I feel Linux has gotten to be user friendly enough for
> the non-geeks out there to operate. People do not like change. Individuals
> who were raised on Windows will stick with Windows because it is what they
> know. Unless there is some stimulus for change it is difficult to convince
> people to give it a shot.
>
> - Erich
>
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