[gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi, Continuing my issues, I'd like to talk about another thing that should change in Linux. Well, we have to take in count that we're all Linux users, and that we all know that firefox navigates the internet, and thunderbird reads your email. Now, what I want to suggest is to change some apps'

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:36:50 +0200, Rafael Fernández López wrote: Now, what I want to suggest is to change some apps' name, I mean: It's true that nowadays linux is going straight to the desktop, but think about telling a friend (that doesn't know what Linux is, I'm sure you've got such

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Paul Nolan
On Monday June 20 2005 3:36 pm, Rafael Fernández López wrote: Well, we have to take in count that we're all Linux users, and that we all know that firefox navigates the internet, and thunderbird reads your email. Or in my case Konqueror and Kontact (such is the beauty of choice ^_^) Now,

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:36:50 +0200, Rafael Fernández López wrote: Now, what I want to suggest is to change some apps' name, I mean: It's true that nowadays linux is going straight to the desktop, but think about telling a friend (that doesn't know what Linux is, I'm sure

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:13:48 +0200, Rafael Fernández López wrote: So Linux could come with some defaults settings, that the people (like us) would change to make it more personal or better. But most of people (if we want linux to be in the desktop as windows is now), won't take care of. As I

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi, Ok, let's stop discussing this because it makes no sense. Gentoo fits my needs perfectly, and from my point of view, is the best distro that I've used ever in this no-dual-boot 3 years using Linux. I just wanted to know what did think other users about opening Linux to people that only want

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Zac Medico
Rafael Fernández López schreef: I think that my father wouldn't like to know that there are X email clients, and the features of each one. He only wants to click on MY EMAIL and read his new email. That's the point. And so your father can use SuSE, or Lindows, or one of the many other

Re: [gentoo-user] Interface issue

2005-06-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:27:01 +0200 (CEST), Rafael Fernández López wrote: I just wanted to know what did think other users about opening Linux to people that only want to use the computer for writing letters, checking email and surfing the Internet. Sorry if I was wrong in some way. You're