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Rob Beard wrote: >> The user system was again a big problem. Learning about root, users and >> their passwords, groups, the home folder etc. Wow. Scary again. >> >> > Okay, this can be a little bit of a problem. Ubuntu uses Sudo which for > me appears to be the closest thing to UAC on Vista and Windows 7 or > Runas... on Windows XP. I find that 99% of XP home users tend to be in > the Administrators group. At least with Ubuntu, if they need to run any > updates/install any packages they are prompted for their password rather > than asked to login as root, even on Fedora/Debian it asks for the > administrative user (or root) password. So it's just one more password > to remember. Not really that hard. I should have been clearer, it is mainly the permissions system which throws them. >> Installing new packages. Well on Windows, I think, you either download >> the exe file and double click on it or put the relevant CD/DVD in the >> drive, wait for the install button to appear and click on it. On Linux I >> could have mentioned apt-get, synaptic, adept, deb files, repositories, >> RPM files, dependencies, well you get the idea. >> >> > But on the other hand there are hundreds and thousands of applications > already in the repositories. Plus it's possible to add applications > through packages. On Ubuntu 9.10, it's as simple as going to the > 'Ubuntu Software Centre'. I think with the advent of the iPhone, more > and more people are getting used to going to an 'App store' to get their > software. Again I think a lot of it is explaining and talking the users > through it. I use kubuntu so I know about repositories etc. But what about Mandriva, Suse and the other RPM style distros? And what about packages that are not in the repositories? Anyway, thanks for your comments, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html