Let me paraphrase. "Should users of the Linux OS be treated as stupid people."
I'm going with no. The FS layout is just as easy to understand as the Windows FS layout. People now are simply familiar with the legacy Windows OS. Increasingly, Windows is looking like Linux. (Mountpoints, NFS, etc) The truth is, Windows is based on a foolishly legacy fs layout, and they will need to abandon it. They are (slowly) moving in that direction already. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:04 PM Subject: (clug-talk) Should the unix fs be hidden from desktop users? > One of the first things I noticed when I first tried MacOS X was that you would > never know that it was a Unix system unless you opened a terminal and hit cd /;ls > I think that Apple has achieved a good balance between keeping the layout easy > to understand for users of their classic system, while still retaining the > traditional Unix infrastructure of the system. > I just finnished reading a paper at > http://evolvedoo.sourceforge.net/abstract/index.html which argues that the same > thing should be done with the Linux desktop. I understand that the Linux file > hierarchy can be confusing to users of MacOS classic and Windows, but I think > that if it is explained correctly it is not too hard to understand at least the > basics (ie. your files go in you $HOME dir, removable media can be accessed > under /mnt, etc.). I was wondering what people on the list think. Do we need to > hide the basics of the OS in order to make it more user friendly? > > Jesse > > > > >
