Linux Becomes Female 4588

On Saturday 27 August 2005 17:30, Yves wrote :

There was a reason why I brought this up. I personally use SuSE, but people who are unfamiliar with the O-S can come up with sarcastic comments. Call it Suz or call it Suzie, in my humble opinion it still does not project the same meaning as it does when you see the acronym.

When trying to encourage somebody to switch to Linux (which I have done successfully on several occasions) the names of distros and components-programs still pose difficulties. We may buttume people know or heard of Firefox, or at least Mozilla. The matter of fact is thatmostpeople just hear "Outlook this, Outlook that" and press the "Blue E".

When advising somebody to install Ubuntu, for example, being rock-solid and user-friendly, what will the first step be? Send them to the Web site to order a CD, right? What will they see? Three half-naked people holding hands. What will they see in ms.com? A guy in a suit holding a tablet, for example? Which one will a na•ve user be more likely totrust-?

To penetrate the commercial world, can we not find some shareable photos, names and labels that instill better sense of trust in the visitors' minds? A lightweight page like Debian's does not do the trick either. It is still hard for me to persuade people to use Linux, even though it's free.

Roy