[Nottingham] Better than Windows? was: Response on awareness day

[Andrew White]

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> Linux is not ready for the average desktop. It's f**king close, but it's not 
> ready. Now that eBuyer et al have started selling Linux PC's by the shedload, 
> maybe things will change.

I hear that a lot, but nobody has ever taken the time to explain why
and justify it.

Just as people are on this list for various different reasons, people
use a desktop in different ways.

I've been using linux as a desktop for ten years. Am I missing something?