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| − | Is everyone here using a Linux desktop?
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| − | Yes, but not always full time.
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| − | Good familiar cross-platform open source tools such as Open Office, The Gimp, and Firefox are an attraction. When interfaces are different cross-platform it's a frustration. A familiar and consistent look and feel is desired.
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| − | Not a revolutionary change but a gradual Linux discovery at one nitch at a time. People lacks awareness of Linux desktop business readiness (ie stability and security).
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| − | Home users are often trying Linux with older hardware. Low resource Linux distros are often hard to configure. All the users want to do is common desktop functions - word processing, email, web browsing.
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| − | When helping configuring a system for a new user, let the user decide if they should "drive" at the keyboard through the resolution of a difficult configuration issue. Sometimes taking the keyboard away can be intimidating to new users.
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| − | Is multitasking important or is a single task box commonplace? Younger users tend to want to run many application at once while most adults are happy running one application at a time. The younger users are happy to use new communication tools.
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| − | Will human i/o interfaces change drastically? Consider media formats have drastically changed ie floppy>cd>dvd>memory sticks.
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| − | How to attract more Linux desktop users:
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| − | Children like to learn how to do something that others don't know because they want to show off. Linux's obscurity can be a marketing attraction to the kids of the digital age.
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| − | Find out what users want and need to do. Design a system for them.
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| − | Bring business users in showing them that traditionally high-cost service machines ie PBX or databases have stable open source alternatives.
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| − | Selling points: free as in cost licensing, ease of license management, stable system, cool alternative that's cheaper than MacOS, very configurable
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| − | Other Obstacles: corporate/proprietary custom software, change
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