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At 07:17 AM 4/10/99 +0100, Aaron Shutt wrote:

[among much interesting text I snipped out here]

>I've lost count the number of people saying that Linux is hard to use,
>especially in some of the less Linux-friendly press. To get people to use it
>on their desktop machine and to get a wider user base - it needs to be more
>user friendly.

Okay, first off, if you are just getting into Linux, you are not a
"user"--not yet.
You are a systems administrator--if you are working alone on your own not-
networked computer. After learning the rudiments of administering the system,
then you can start "using". There's plenty of good tutorials and books on
this.

IMHO "using" is fun once you get the systems part. I don't see using any more
difficult than DOS and in some cases it is more efficient.

But you say "I am not a systems administrator and never will be."
I answer, "oh yes you are and you're going to love it"

The above approach may not be necessary, but it looks that way to me now,
and I think it's all right to go at it that way.

Ralph