On Monday, July 11, 2011 10:03 PM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
Ljubomir The Wise wrote:
Short version (I am hungry):
Experience (19 years of Windows phone support and 5 years of Linux administration and usage as a desktop surrounded by Windows users) says that in order to convert (reluctant) Windows user you have
to fully
replicate Windows environment with compatible Linux Apps. Period.
+googolplex! DirectX games, facebook, facebook games, other games, skype, garage-band, and many many more. Many of these *can* be tweaked into running under Linux, by somebody who knows how. My wife will *never* know how. Yum install "World of Warcraft" (or whatever game, which looks for the game installed on your NTFS file system, downloads anything needed, configures and leaves a ready-to-click-and-play WoW on the Linux side) or forget it, you're not ready to push Windows off the desktop.
I hear that WoW is going the way of the dodo due to lack of creativity there. Maybe you have some other more pressing example like....minesweeper?