1. The average new Joe sixpack machine is at least 1.2GHz/256MB.??? You must know a whole different class of Joe sixpack than I do... try < 300 MHz (133 - 233 typical), < 128 MB (16 - 64 typical) > ---------- > From: Brady Hegberg[SMTP:bradyh at bitstream.net] > Reply To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:18 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Linux vrs Windows speed - What gives? > > 1. The average new Joe sixpack machine is at least 1.2GHz/256MB. > 2. I use Helix Gnome and their RedCarpet program for almost all > software installation. It makes installation so fast and easy. > Unfortunately you can't use it for things like RealPlayer and Flash yet > but I assume that will come before long. > > Anybody: Can things like Flash be installed with an RPM when you don't > know ahead of time what directory they will need to be installed in? > > Brady > > > Mark, > > > > I know this is gonna get me trouble but here goes.. > > > > As much as I hate to admit it, for Joe six pack Linux just isn't there yet. > > I run Windows 2k here at work but at home I run Linux about 95% of the time > > and love it. My brother after dealing with windows crashing all the time > > decided to try linux. I tried to talk him into a dual boot but he would not > > even consider it so I gave him my Mandrake 8 disks and told him to have at > > it. He got it installed on his own (for the most part) and got the stuff he > > used most working and loved it. For about two days, until he had to install > > real player and a couple of other apps he wanted to try. Most people don't > > want to work any harder than point and click to get stuff to work. In > > another year or two this will change but for now Linux just isn't ready for > > the average home user, corporate user may be a different story but I kinda > > doubt that too. > > > > To make an already long and boring post a little shorter, my brother has > > gone back to using windows. > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >