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Marvin · Jul 17th, 2006, 4:38 PM

King the average user does not care about updateing small packages. They want large updates they can apply simply. By having standards commercial software can run on most linux's that adhere to the standard without support headaches.

I wish you would listen, i not talking about me using it, im talking about my next door neighbour, or the local piano teacher or whoever. They dont want to type commands on the command prompt, they dont want to understand about packages. They want simple, easy to use software that they can call up support easily and say what linux stadard their distro adheres to. They wont want to reel off different version of different packages they dont know about.

Its easy to say on the phone i have this problem and i have this linux distro what adheres to this standard. What shall i do?

Standards will help commercail software get ported to linux, and with that more people will use it, and then more software will be ported. Its a cycle. If you want PaintShop pro or Dreamweaver on linux you need to make it better for the average user.

Jul 17th, 2006, 4:38 PM	#41
Marvin Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Heart of Gold Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	King the average user does not care about updateing small packages. They want large updates they can apply simply. By having standards commercial software can run on most linux's that adhere to the standard without support headaches. I wish you would listen, i not talking about me using it, im talking about my next door neighbour, or the local piano teacher or whoever. They dont want to type commands on the command prompt, they dont want to understand about packages. They want simple, easy to use software that they can call up support easily and say what linux stadard their distro adheres to. They wont want to reel off different version of different packages they dont know about. Its easy to say on the phone i have this problem and i have this linux distro what adheres to this standard. What shall i do? Standards will help commercail software get ported to linux, and with that more people will use it, and then more software will be ported. Its a cycle. If you want PaintShop pro or Dreamweaver on linux you need to make it better for the average user. __________________ "Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without trying to invent any more of it." Last edited by Marvin; Jul 17th, 2006 at 4:56 PM.