Re: Linux ready for the home desktop?

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 On Thursday 27 March 2008, Mark Hertel wrote: 
> On 3/27/08, Brendan <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > On Thursday 27 March 2008, Scott Ehrlich wrote: 
> > > I was considering re-introducing it to them at some other point, until 
> > > a few days later, my Linux box (Ubuntu) presented me with a reminder 
> > > why Windows and Mac are still desktop-ready, but Linux isn't - the 
> > 
> > obligatory 
> > 
> > > filesystem check if the machine has been rebooted at least 30 times. 
> > 
> > I love seeing foolish, arbitrary statements like this. 
> > Windows, when not shutdown properly, has the same message about disk 
> > checking. 
> > Does it matter that all of my relatives, gf and myself have been using 
> > Linux 
> > as our only desktop for a minimum of 5 years? How does that fit in with 
> > your 
> > statement? Perhaps "My parents freaked out over the disk check." instead 
> > of "Linux isn't ready." 
> 
> But Linux does this when you've shut it down correctly. Windows only does 
> it when you've screwed up by turning off the power instead of an orderly 
> shutdown.