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?