[ale] What did we want?

[Preston]

On 1/30/2014 9:46 AM, H P Ladds wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Charles Shapiro
> <hooterpincher at gmail.com <mailto:hooterpincher at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I dunno about that.  Maybe Linux just got good enough that a whole
>     lot of tech support isn't needed.  My brother now runs linux on
>     his machines, and while he is a power user he has no skill or
>     interest in actually programming.  He just finds Ubuntu easier and
>     more secure than the alternatives
>
>
> I agree. Who needs the "switchboard" when we have the Google.
>
> God Bless UEFI. It might bring back the Installfest.
>
>
I have noticed more people asking for help since newer machines started
using UEFI, but honestly after things are installed they are generally
good to go.  Linux as a whole has come so far in the last several years
with their GUI that new users have few issues related to useability.

LUGs in general have been on a decline for awhile.  I even think it was
topic on a podcast I listened to recently.


Preston

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