The next challenge for Linux
I was in the local branch of "Currys" and they had some little netbooks, and taped next to each one was a little note saying something to the effect of "This runs Linux, so it won't run Windows software". It was a local version of a wider story about Linux:
* People buy netbooks and then discover that Windows isn't part of the bundle, and they don't like it.
* A teacher found a student handing out Linux CDs and accused him of pirating software.
* A student accidentally bought a Dell laptop with Ubuntu instead of Windows, and complained that she couldn't submit the Word documents required by her college.
Behind all this is what "everyone knows" about computers (everyone who isn't interested in computers for their own sake, that is):
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