On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using *nix systems since the teletype days, and it still > astonishes me that MacOS can gut itself and stick something Unixy inside by > sorting out a decent UI. > IMHO there isn't a hope of a Linux distribution getting onto many desktops > until someone does what Microsoft has always done to shaft the competition - > totally copy the leading product in the market and then when people buy it > from you, improve and lock em in (as Excel did to 123, Word did to > WordPerfect, Windows did to GEM and IE did to Netscape). > The Linux world is so wrapped up in NOT being Windows that it can't see that > it has to become Windows to stop Windows. > There is no excuse for there not being a Linux UI that acts exactly like > Aero Glass not to be out there right now. Windows 7 has been in public beta > for an internet age. > And I don't mean "superficially looks like", I mean every damn dialogue box > looks the same. > 2009/10/23 Scot McSweeney-Roberts <[email protected]> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 20:04, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 2009/10/23 Scot McSweeney-Roberts >>> <[email protected]>: >>> > What's really sad about this statement is he could have had audacity >>> > installed in seconds - I guess he didn't know about the package >>> > manager. >>> >>> The is an "Add/Remove" entry on the applications menu. >>> However some people may think this adds entries to the menu instead of >>> adding or removing applications to the system. >>> >>> Maybe it should be renamed it to "Install/Uninstall Applications"? >>> >>> The odd thing is Windows refers to the same thing as "Add or Remove >>> Programs" doesn't it? >>> >>> Andy >>> >> >> >> I think there are 2 problems >> 1) At the moment it's labelled "Add/Remove" but it's not immediately >> obvious what's being added/removed. I could swear it was called something >> more obvious in previous versions, but I can't remember what (I tend to use >> synaptic over add/remove, so it could change and I'd not notice). >> 2) In WIndows, Add/Remove is never really used to add software and it >> doesn't have a software catalogue inside it. Someone coming from Windows >> will probably not expect it to be as useful as it is. At least people are >> getting used to concept of app stores, so if it's explained as an "app store >> for Ubuntu where everything's free" new users might work out what it does >> sooner. >> >> Every time I hear the line "software is hard to install on Linux" I >> cringe. Maybe what's really needed is for Microsoft to start shipping an app >> store for Windows that has a least a vague similarity to way things work on >> modern Linux distros. >> >> >> Scot > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 >
If that was done, Microsoft's lawyers would get a good meal. M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
