Re: Help deciding OS

On 9/26/06, Prakash Jose Kokkatt <[email protected]> wrote:
> hello,
> if u want a windows look-a-like system try  linux-xp.
> below r  the links.t is almost looks of M$ XP.why this is useful will be
> that it will help windows users to easily adapt to GNU/Linux
>  http://www.linux-xp.com/gallery/
> http://linuxtracker.org/browse.php?cat=405

I think that's a misconception.  It is not the look and feel that
prevent users to adapt GNU/Linux but the resistance/fear to go for a
different system or the difficulty to unlearn something. There are
several desktops available for GNU/Linux and many of them looks and
feel better than XP. So our strategy should be to make new users feel
that GNU/Linux is something different to the proprietary system they
are familiar with, but it is not very difficult to migrate to this
system.


~vimal