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Originally Posted by xpod
I cant speak for all digital cameras but i`ve not plugged one in yet that has`nt shown up on my desktop as an extra drive.I might not have all the fancy fuctions of your typical sony erricson suite of course but i can get my photos off and into my photo editing/viewing apps without a problem, which is all i want really.
If anyone who only uses a pc at work "sees" teh Linux pc and buys it thinking it`s like/Windows and will do just fine for wee Soapy & his "pc" games then tough luck i say.They need slapped with a wet fish and sent on some better IT courses at work mabey.
If they genuinely are more concerned about their kids education though then mabey Linux might just turn out to be such a bad mistake after all eh?
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"tough luck" isn't an attitude that helps. What'll happen is that a lot of people will return their PCs.
Actualy, I am not saying Linux is a mistake. As long as you can learn new stuff, it is an excellent OS. However, most people (in my experience) are not interested enough in computing to bother to learn new OSs. Most people in my experience, are not even aware that their PC does run an OS.
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I dont know what it is about gamers though but they assume everyone else only wants to play games.
Our lot have all their Playstations,Nintendos & psps and they do have Windows around if they want to play "pc" games but i doubt our girls are ever going to be tooo interested in gaming as such and our lad would certainly rather have his consoles for his games.
It`s just not a big deal thats all.
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It may not be to you, but it may be to someone else.
You haven't read my post correctly. The scenario I envisaged is that the parents have about £200 they can spend on their kid's birthday present. The aforementioned kid wants a games console. The parents see the PC, and think "Ohh, he can play games on that and do more", so they buy the PC.
While I am aware that Linux *can* play games, very few shops (on or off line) sell Linux specific games, and while it can play Windows games with some tweaking, little johnny is going to be a little disappointed when he finds he cannot buy games off the shelf.
Also, bear in mind that a family in this position are unlikely to have (at least initially) the knowledge required to tweak linux (I count emulators such as wine as tweaks).
Also, regarding the hardware, I picked Digicams as an example of something people are likely to have, but my point refers to any bit of hardware they might have (such as a mobile phone for instance).