[Sderby] What fun Linux is!!

Barry Woodward barrywoodward at ntlworld.com
Tue Aug 10 10:45:47 BST 2004


My thanks to Derek Huskisson for taking the time to reply. I should have
been more specific.  I strongly object to the use of Jargon where it is not
only unnecessary but downright frightening.  A newbie installing any OS
should not have to guess an obscure meaning,  (BIOS is one of the worst
offenders for this but, a newbie may not even realise the BIOS exists.).

The newbie faced with an option to "install without ACPI "  can guess it's
meaning, or cancel the installation and investigate the meaning, or ignore
the menu option and pray.  Is it not time for the software developers to
think about (and write for) their audiences?




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