• Linux

Ill-conceived mess of pottage

This is my experience after threee months of struggling with this OS. Ubuntu is a cute name, but is optimally executed for geeks. No normal, sane, non-geek could possibly make this OS useful in a reasonable amount of time. I have worked with computers since the 1980's, and never have I encountered a less user-friendly OS, not even Windoze. It took me weeks to get the the thing installed, days to get email working. Printing is a Catch-22 joke. I never was able to network with another computer. I could, however, use the intenet. Sure there is lots of information out there about how to decipher Linux, but you have to really know how to use the terminal way of doing things, and then you have to sort through all the information that is available and nothing ever works as it should, except by accident that can't be repeated. Ubuntu requires a GREAT amount of study and knowledge. That is why I say it is inoperable within a reasonable amount of time. If I had to earn my living with this OS, I would be dead by now.

Finally a "Linux for Humans"

If you are interested in an alternative operating system you should try Ubuntu. ^M