Why Linux will never be popular

**The Hunter** · March 28th, 2006, 05:32 PM

I thought I would give Linux a try, but after looking around, it plainly requires too damn much work to ever be considered user friendly. I looked at Damn Small Linux, and there are a lot of versions, now where do you extract them to? How about a version you can download, and burn, and the os actually installs and works without tinkering with it. This is not sour grapes, but if they ever expect to become more popular, it needs to be simpler.

**Auggie2k** · March 29th, 2006, 05:00 AM

Noob friendly is the term I like. I've tried it and I like the many options you have, but it is a lot of work.

**RACKnRAIL** · March 29th, 2006, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by The Hunter

I thought I would give Linux a try, but after looking around, it plainly requires too damn much work to ever be considered user friendly. I looked at Damn Small Linux, and there are a lot of versions, now where do you extract them to? How about a version you can download, and burn, and the os actually installs and works without tinkering with it. This is not sour grapes, but if they ever expect to become more popular, it needs to be simpler.

I feel your pain dude. I still don't get it either. I was using Mandrake. I somehow managed to d/l a file, but it took me another 3 hours to find it on my HD. LOL!

My friend at work (Linux Guru) has tried helping me. He insists how much better off I'll be, when it takes him 3 days to read about it...another 3 days to do it....and finally, he's got something to work. Now that's efficiency.

**nightshadow** · March 29th, 2006, 07:08 AM

Have you tried SUSE or Gentoo by any chance, I've found them to be easier then most and fairly graphically.
But no matter what linux flavor it still takes effort for a lot of simple tasks.

**Theinfamousone** · March 29th, 2006, 01:20 PM

I hate it when people COULD make something easy, but for some reason they just didn't feel like it. Usually it looks like they went out of their way to make it complicated...sighs...I used Lindows for a while and that looked ok, but when you have to run wine and winex and all that garbage...well...

**Krypt0** · March 29th, 2006, 02:32 PM

http://www.xandros.com/

East transition/addition/dual boot to windows XP

----------|Links for the lazy|----------
Download Xandros Desktop OS Version 3
Check out some Screenshots

**The Hunter** · March 29th, 2006, 02:42 PM

I have been checking into it more, and I may mess with a live version, but for what I do windows is much simpler, and actually works out of the box.

**nukehella** · March 29th, 2006, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Krypt0

http://www.xandros.com/

East transition/addition/dual boot to windows XP

Yeah I've got that on a dual booter downstairs.I'm anxiously waiting for Xandros 4.0 to come out.
Also there is a new Knoppix live DVD due out any day now,I have the unofficial version thats floating around but haven't tried it (this version)yet

**The Hunter** · March 29th, 2006, 06:04 PM

I just loaded the live version of SOHO 5.1.2 and everything went fine, except it could not find the net. Any feedback?

**TheBlackSails** · March 29th, 2006, 06:05 PM

Ubuntu is also a good noob-friendly distro.

**lifehacker** · March 29th, 2006, 06:14 PM

Yes ubuntu is probably the simplest Linux but its still not easy. I myself use fedora core 4 Linux but I had a friend who could help me out whenever I had problems or questions when I was just starting to learn Linux.

I dont know if many Linux users want Linux to become popular. Being not very widespread can also have a positive effect not only a negative one.

**The Hunter** · March 29th, 2006, 06:26 PM

True, but Im looking for a live version that will 1 actually recognize my drivers, and 2 find the darn net. SOHO found my drivers fine, but could not go online. I liked the look, and feel, but Im wondering if the problem was me or the os. I was told that when I hit the login screen to use user=root, but it flashed by so fast i had to go with the default.

**tackdaddy** · March 29th, 2006, 06:29 PM

i have always wanted to try it but i feel that i have enough things going on in my life to try and figure out how to use a new OS. 99 % of everything i learned on the computer is self taught and that took long enough.

**The Hunter** · March 29th, 2006, 06:37 PM

Some of mine is self taught, a hella lot was Krell taught., but Im trying to stay open minded. Its not easy when 98se, and xp can find and load everything so the whole system actually works, and so far I have not found a Linux Live cd that can find the net. I really want the free stuff to work, but so far it has just been wasted disks, and time.

**number9** · March 29th, 2006, 07:17 PM

I'LL tell you whiners why linux wont ever be popular! Because you would rather spend your time in a forum qvetching about a better os than you would going online to any of the THOUSANDS of free linux websites that would teach you a thing or two about it---like linuxquestions.org or frank's corner---thats why!
Windows takes advantage of people's natural laziness and inertia---every version of it that has EVER COME OUT has scores if not hundreds of errors--which they tell you the latest service pack will fix (instead the service packs are primarily for inserting yet more stoogeware into a system already BURSTING with it). But because you are already somewhat familiar with micro$oft's os---you stay with it--even though most of you know what a bunch of thieves, liars and dirty tricks artists M$ is.
I got one word of mercy for you bleaters----suse
Its so noob friendly that if you cant figure it out then youre just TOO LAZY to eat!
RENOUNCE UNCLE BILLY!
CAST THE EVIL M$ FROM THY HARD DRIVE!
REPENT! REPENT! REPENT!
LINUX! LINUX! LIIIIIIIINUUUUUUUXXXXXX!!!!! ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!