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Article #867Re: The basic problem with Linux
From: Sandgroper
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:25
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:25
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"The Man" <man@man.com> wrote in message news:00055583$0$2139$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com... > I've been fiddling with Linux on and off for a couple of years and just > installed an excellent distro, Linux Mint. It's probably the most user > friendly distro I've used to date, more so than Ubuntu (upon which it's > based) > > But it still fails as a user friendly system for non-geeky types (which > given this is Usenet must exclude anyone here) for the following reasons: > > 1. Support for wireless networks (I mean the standard wireless network you > find in most homes) is poor/flaky. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1024472 > 2. Sharing printers CUPS > 3. Sharing files Samba, NFS -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naked DSL ? No thanks , I like to wear clothes when I use my computer Sandgroper ------------------------------------ Remove KNICKERS to Email woodbudgie@KNICKERSgmail.com
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