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Jarmo Lundgren wrote on Thu, 7 Feb 2002 about following:
> >desktop - perhaps 30? a typical linux workstation has couple of hundred
>
> Yeah, but UNIX was originally a big workstation OS - that explains most of
> the application load. Mac and Windows were originally meant for home and
> office use.
yeah well - as i said it depends what you count as application.. there's
zillion of gnome & kde -apps out there doing almost everything you can
imagine :)
> To compete with Windows on home use area you have to give the user
> equivalent multimedia/browsing facilities packed with step-by-step internet
> helper apps. Not to mention basic word processing, easy email client,
> etc... and consistency on desktop graphic user interface.
there are plenty of good email-clients out there. many people are
getting on to "evolution" and "sylpheed" - and i'd say a lot of people
use netscape or mozilla -mail apps (or whatever they are called). pine
isn't bad.
as i see it both major desktop management/environment etc apps, gnome
and kde are both aiming towards looking like windows - which isn't
basically bad, but just makes me feel that have they really thought if
its actually good. of course it's easier to learn for people who've been
using windows - but is it really usable.
and a lot of people don't know they can have focus-follows-mouse instead
of annoying point-and-click -window-activation (and i'm pretty sure
focus-follows-mouse is easier on ones' wrists).
sakke
--
there has been like 5000 acid house records after that and nobody made it like
pierre, pierre did it in a musical way that followed the mood of the song,
everybody else just turned knobs.
- marshall jefferson, about phuture's "acid trax"
