Comments on: Computerworld Article On Linux Drawbacks Misses Usability http://www.usabilityblog.com/2009/10/computerworld-article-on-linux-drawbacks-misses-usability/ Blogging about usability, user experience and design Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.usabilityblog.com/2009/10/computerworld-article-on-linux-drawbacks-misses-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-9374 Jim Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:19:19 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/?p=509#comment-9374 Hearty agreement. I have an Acer netbook with Linux on it. When I decided to install Firefox and Thunderbird, it took two complete reinstalls of the OS before I got it "right". There are other things I would like to install but I'm way leery of having to start from scratch again.<br><br>It's a classic case of "It's working, now don't touch it!"<br><br>I've considered shifting it over to XP instead -- don't strike me for typing that, Mac gods! -- but I dread the idea of trying that as well! Hearty agreement. I have an Acer netbook with Linux on it. When I decided to install Firefox and Thunderbird, it took two complete reinstalls of the OS before I got it “right”. There are other things I would like to install but I'm way leery of having to start from scratch again.

It's a classic case of “It's working, now don't touch it!”

I've considered shifting it over to XP instead — don't strike me for typing that, Mac gods! — but I dread the idea of trying that as well!

]]> By: Jim http://www.usabilityblog.com/2009/10/computerworld-article-on-linux-drawbacks-misses-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-9093 Jim Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:19:19 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/?p=509#comment-9093 Hearty agreement. I have an Acer netbook with Linux on it. When I decided to install Firefox and Thunderbird, it took two complete reinstalls of the OS before I got it "right". There are other things I would like to install but I'm way leery of having to start from scratch again.<br><br>It's a classic case of "It's working, now don't touch it!"<br><br>I've considered shifting it over to XP instead -- don't strike me for typing that, Mac gods! -- but I dread the idea of trying that as well! Hearty agreement. I have an Acer netbook with Linux on it. When I decided to install Firefox and Thunderbird, it took two complete reinstalls of the OS before I got it “right”. There are other things I would like to install but I'm way leery of having to start from scratch again.

It's a classic case of “It's working, now don't touch it!”

I've considered shifting it over to XP instead — don't strike me for typing that, Mac gods! — but I dread the idea of trying that as well!

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