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on 7-28-05 10:49 PM:

I am wondering if there is a similar common solution for Linux. As far as I know there is not, but I may very well be wrong.

Let's say I have a customer in a similar situation - they are using Windows and hate it. My solution for this customer was to have him buy a Mac. The solution has worked very well - but clearly it was not free. He got his Mac before the mini was available... so even a low end Mac included a new monitor. Linux would have been a cheaper option for him. If Linux would work for him as well as a Mac I could have moved him there. As it is, it is unlikely Linux would have worked for him as well, and he likely would have given up and never moved to a workable solution.

If Linux can do the things many people are looking for I likely will end up getting dissatisfied Windows users to move to it... what better Linux advocacy can you ask for?

This user is unlikely to change... but as I said in the first post:

While this will not likely effect this one man that much (he is not letting go of his Mac) it may effect other customers...

I would love to save customers money and move them to Linux... if that would be a good solution for them.

It is very cool that this *can*, in theory, be done... but the question is if it is being done, and if so in what program(s).

-- Look, this is silly. It's not an argument, it's an armor plated walrus with walnut paneling and an all leather interior.

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