PC World - “Unix is ​​only for pros” - pure misinformation.

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 "Unix is only for pros" - pure misinformation.

Today we are annoyed by the ridiculous statement: “Uh-huh for the pros.”
And it’s very annoying, because it’s snobbery. In fact, unix
has not yet received wide distribution, having everything for it
prerequisites, due to the massive spread of this myth.
I can imagine your indignation when you read these lines :) But
I'm right and I'm ready to prove it. Consider the category of people who
just bought a computer and are just getting started
master.  The old dudes call them lamers, lamos, dummies
etc., but in reality these are just newcomers, the same as you were
when I first saw a computer. So for these people Windows 9x (about
NT I’m generally silent) the same “dark forest” as Linux, for example.
Try to argue with this, but first, try to teach
newbie to use a computer in general and Windows in particular. I
I tried it, not just once, not even three times, but many more times,
It's easier to do the work for him.   Scattered all over the web
anecdotal stories on the topic "calling support"
based on realcases.  Those who want to object, let them
they know that Windows 9x with its “intuitive interface”
there is a manual no smaller in size than the entire TSB (large
Soviet encyclopedia).  I can say one thing: I was
It's much easier to master Linux than to teach your girlfriend to work with
MS office.  If the above is still not enough for you, remember
Exler's stories, which have actually become classics on the Internet, about the "plug
'n play" or about new technologies, of course, this is humorous, but
Throw a stone at anyone who says there is little truth in them! Newbie
working with Windows is difficult, let alone setting it up practically
impossible.  I think people working in support services
system administrators and software/hardware sellers will agree with
me.  And those who disagree, let them try to teach their own
friends (girlfriends) unfamiliar with computers install Windows and change to
settings. :) As for unikh in all its forms, I can
to say the following, versions with graphical shells like KDE,
Gnome etc. it is no more difficult to use than window vents, it will be more accurate
say: for a beginner they are just as difficult to master as vents, but
have a big, simply huge advantage - having only user rights
a beginner simply physically cannot kill the system, whereas
Windows dies in a newbie in the first week with a 90% probability
simply because it messes up the settings or deletesa couple
system files by pressing the wrong button. Of course, in a console environment
a beginner simply won’t understand it, but nowadays it’s practically impossible
relevant, full of versions of redhat, mandrake and slakvari with
excellent graphical shells with an order-of-magnitude interface
more beautiful (according to the survey results, the main argument of lamers in
favor of Windows) 98s with all their bells and whistles. The purpose of this article
I am NOT the one who promotes Unix and kicking windows, fortunately this
Everybody is doing it without me. I just wanted to turn
attention to the fact that the long-term practice of elitizing Unix
led to the massive dominance of MS products and put them on the
the brink of extinction, completely undeservedly in my opinion. This is me
annoying.  And I am annoyed by people who boast that they have
they run Linux and therefore consider themselves pros and everyone else
Lamoto And I want to say that if you install the same Linux for a beginner
redhat + AfterStep hang on the Netshkaf desktop and kICQ it will be
climb the network in the same way as under Windows, but at the same time the system administrator
you don’t have to reinstall the system on your machine once a week
this user and keep backup copies of all programs running on that
car.  Discussion in the forum, via soap or via ICQ. No problem
I will answer everyone.