[glug-t] Linux GUI compared with Windows XP

   Hi everybody,
    Here is a good newsletter, that i received,   Linux Nearly As "Easy" To
Use As Windows XP
August 4, 2003 (1:47 p.m. EST)
TechWeb News 
 
Linux is almost as easy to use as Windows XP, according to a hands-on study
released Monday by Berlin-based research firm Relevantive. Two groups of
testers -- one of 60 working in Linux and with open-source applications, the
other of 20 users on Microsoft Windows XP and using applications for that
operating system -- were walked through a set of tasks, including basic
office productivity chores and sending e-mail. None of the testers had
workedin their assigned operating system before. 
Each tester was then asked how easy the tasks were to accomplish. Linux
usersneeded only slightly longer -- 44 minutes, 49 seconds -- to complete
thechores than those using Windows XP, who recorded an average time of 41
minutes, 21 seconds. 
In addition, 80 percent of the Linux testers said that they would need just
aweek to become as familiar with it as their current system, compared to 85
percent of the Windows XP users who said the same thing. 
While 100 percent of the XP testers said that they thought the design of the
desktop and applications were both pleasing and easily navigated, only 83
percent of the Linux users said that about the open-source OS and its
software. 

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