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"fact that no one uses open office, whereas everyone uses microsoft office"? Fact? Really?!
In the two months after the release of the most recent version of OpenOffice 3.2, more than 100.000 of the portuguese version where downloaded from the OpenOffice site. That is an impressive number for the market size.
From personal and professional experiense, I can say that OpenOffice is very common around here. I routinely send ODF files, and rarely does the recipient has any problems opening it.
In the two months after the release of the most recent version of OpenOffice 3.2, more than 100.000 of the portuguese version where downloaded from the OpenOffice site. That is an impressive number for the market size.
From personal and professional experiense, I can say that OpenOffice is very common around here. I routinely send ODF files, and rarely does the recipient has any problems opening it.
Windows is case insensitive. Linux is case sensitive. Throws people for a while.
That is an excellent point! My teenager belives case is irrelevant, a view shared by most of the upcoming generation, especially since the advent of text-messaging. I had to remind him the other day that, even on Windows, passwords are case-sensitive.
``6: Avoiding the command line"
In Viet Nam, I saw many users come to Linux and avoid it because they cannot use CLI for daily task. For me, CLI is a hardest problem when we switch to Linux from Windows (GUI).
``10: Logging in as root"
I really don't know why my friends always logging in as root. I always advice him/her don't logging in as root but they always logging in as root. I did suggest they use "su -" or "sudo". Logging is as root is very dangerous, any mistakes will be damaged with system.
Regards,
Huan
In Viet Nam, I saw many users come to Linux and avoid it because they cannot use CLI for daily task. For me, CLI is a hardest problem when we switch to Linux from Windows (GUI).
``10: Logging in as root"
I really don't know why my friends always logging in as root. I always advice him/her don't logging in as root but they always logging in as root. I did suggest they use "su -" or "sudo". Logging is as root is very dangerous, any mistakes will be damaged with system.
Regards,
Huan
A long long time ago. I was exposed to Mac computers that required Trash cleared or deleted, now and then to improve performance.
When I first had use of a student Unix account, I wondered what the bin folder was for and whether it needed cleaning out too? Luckily I asked before deleting the contents and understaood that it was for binaries rather than unwanted data.
When I first had use of a student Unix account, I wondered what the bin folder was for and whether it needed cleaning out too? Luckily I asked before deleting the contents and understaood that it was for binaries rather than unwanted data.
I know having to become root to do it would have caused me to question what I was up to. Good thing you asked first though; especially if it was a shared computer.
Newbies:
* Try to run sh, and binary files without the proper permissions
* Believing that they can not run multimedia on Linux
* Believing that they need to share the system with windows to have a complete system.
* Not understanding that everything is a file
* Giving recursive permissions to folders
* Boot up a computer to restart a server
* Not understanding that Linux has everything they need and more
* Thinking that to install applications in Linux is hard
* Thinking that Linux distributions are too different from each other
* Thinking that Windows file system is easier than Linux
* Thinking that wizards are easier and better than configuration files.
* Try to run sh, and binary files without the proper permissions
* Believing that they can not run multimedia on Linux
* Believing that they need to share the system with windows to have a complete system.
* Not understanding that everything is a file
* Giving recursive permissions to folders
* Boot up a computer to restart a server
* Not understanding that Linux has everything they need and more
* Thinking that to install applications in Linux is hard
* Thinking that Linux distributions are too different from each other
* Thinking that Windows file system is easier than Linux
* Thinking that wizards are easier and better than configuration files.
providing choices to people to choose from is far far easier than requiring them to remember something.it is how the human brain work mate ,that is why people are so afraid from the command line..
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