how can we make Linux more accessible for a bigger public?

[David Fletcher]

I reckon that in the case of most people (we are not most people) if their 
driving skills were comparable to their computer skills we'd need ten times 
as many hospitals.

The only reason they pass driving tests is because government policy forces 
them to do so. Most people in the case of computers just aren't interested 
and can't be bothered. They just want to buy it from the shop like a washing 
machine, take it home and use it. They probably spend far more time reading 
the instruction manual for the microwave oven or DVD recorder than they ever 
spend learning about an operating system.

Yes it's depressing but I believe it to be true. I've offered to help loads of 
people learn to use computers properly, and only one has ever shown the 
slightest interest. She's running Hardy, like me.

Dave