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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:36:45 +1300   
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   Laszlo Lebrun  writes:   
      
   > Goeroeboeroe wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think the average user should wait for a while, but that's not because   
   >> there are too less programs. It's just because installing is not yet easy   
   >> enough, I think.   
   >   
   > Installing one of the thousand packages out of the repositories is extremely   
   > easy. You just have to do it out of Adept or out of Synaptic and not   
   > blindly follow experts advice.   
   >   
   > Ubuntu IS Noob-ready, the regulars aren't.   
   >   
   >   
      
   No Linux is "noob ready". There are  minefields out there for the   
   unwary. sudo, permissions, sound issues, xorg issues etc. No it is not   
   insurmountable and there are plenty of good people out there ready to   
   help noobs over the hurdles. The plethory of distros does not help as   
   many have their own installers and file hierarchies.   
      
   Unfortunately there are also a lot of arrogant know alls who prey on the   
   unwary.   
      
      
   --    
   > No manual is ever necessary.   
   May I politely interject here: BULLSHIT.  That's the biggest Apple lie of all!   
     -- Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces   
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