> the beauty of Linux is that you can change distro, desktop environment or/and > window manager. and if you still don't like it, you can build your own theme > or get the source code and make it the way you like it best. at no cost, > without loss of data or productivity. This is the sort of entrenched Open Source cultural bias that, until recently, has held Linux back. Just because you find distro hopping a beautiful thing, does not mean the majority of modern "regular users" do. Just because you come from a culture where you can break out the source code, make changes and recompile "at no cost, without loss of data or productivity." does not mean that "regular users" have the time to put up with that, the skills to do it, or even have the ability to develop the skills to do it. Saying that you need to learn to code to use Linux is one of the oldest and most damaging clichés surrounding Linux. In the world of modern Linux, we have a massive influx of users from Windows and OS X who just want something that works and is painfully simple to use with a redundant interface. Have you ever noticed that themes for the likes of Mint and elementary OS don't actually change much of anything but a few colors and icon sets?
> but do lusers know? Seriously? is this 1996? > it will take a while for people to get used to the Freedom of Choice. I hate to break it to you, but it is the other way around. Linux needs to adapt to users, not the other way around. The new, and most important in the history of Linux, population of Linux users want mono-design. They do not want or will they be hackers. On 06/10/2014 04:46 PM, meine wrote: >> Is basically the feedback I get from non-E users most times. Thoughts on >> this? > lots of people still don't understand that you are _not_ forced to drive a > Trabant/Volkswagen/Opel/<stupid car> for the rest of your life if you don't > want to. fancy a Viper, Ferrari, Tesla, Dacia or 2CV? be our guest! > > the beauty of Linux is that you can change distro, desktop environment or/and > window manager. and if you still don't like it, you can build your own theme > or get the source code and make it the way you like it best. at no cost, > without loss of data or productivity. > > but people are just complaining and walking away from their own > responsibility to make a better personal choice, surf an hour on the net and > get something better. or dump it all and buy some over priced device with the > window controls placed counter intuitively. > > IMNHO this is the cost of making Linux available for the mono designed and > Redmondish educated masses. Linux offers so much more than themes alone. but > do lusers know? it will take a while for people to get used to the Freedom of > Choice. > > in the end they will catch it ;-) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
