[aclug-L] Re: Linux as an alternative to a Windows desktop

[flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx]

> OTOH, while root access is required in a *NIX environment for software
> acessable system wide, pretty much every user app will support (some
> better than others) installation confined to a single user's directory
> (not through the distro's package management system, however).  So, if
> KDE allows it, a user can install a screen saver in her home directory.
> OTOH, I prefer Xscreensaver.

Even the Linux software that is "easy" to install in a user's home
directory is many times more difficult to install than your average
Windows application which requires nothing more than hitting "Next" a few
times after the installer is automatically started.
If you have a Linux app with an easy installer (OpenOffice has a nice
one), you still have to train the user how to unpack and execute the
installer.  Not an impossible task by any means, but more difficult than
in a Windows environment.


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