I agree. We are moving into a world of the command line. By this I mean if we look at voice communicatiosn which is what the human race normally uses then it is like the command line. It is question and answer. Look at a high school girl and her eyes to me look like C:>
So the desktop is moving into the background and computers have to move back to C:> What we have and are fortunate to have is c:> on steriods. Lets pull the voice into the system. What kids know is how to yak. What they are not good at is how to yak on a KB. The mouse is just a crutch. We have to go to full voice. This is what the smart phones want. And we don't want the telcos to own it. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 05:35:32PM -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote: > Desktop for Linux has been here for a decade. It does not count > because most people are not even aware of an Operating System, much > less do they care. > > I am not sold on the idea that a Linux desktop is any harder than one > of the others. The people who find it hard are the so called power > users. > > Anyway, the whole debate is moot as the desktop is dead. I do not > mean extinct but it is becoming irrelevant from a consumer point of > view. I suspect the modern desktop is going to live on as a niche > that is outside the mainstream consciousness. > > I found the comment about tech friends kind of funny. How many people > have tech friends that can actually help them with Macs or Windows? > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Mel Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > -- Linux and Free & Open Source Software On the Desk top > > > > I hear discussions and claims on both sides. > > 1/ The Desk Top is here for Linux. > > 2/ No it does not count because it is still too difficult to keep up for > > the average user. > > > > I am of the opinion that it takes time, effort and dedication to > > succeed. > > > > How many are willing to do that? > > How many have tech friends that can support them? > > > > Mel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
