On 22/04/07 00:57 jrod...@hate.spamportal.net wrote: > People running desktops are going to want to track a given level of > newness/unpleasantness. ...
No they don't. They want something that's pleasant to use. By "pleasant" I mean something that's easy to use, easy on the eye, and does what you expect it to. Or as the Mac fanboys say, "It just works". > Does a desktop user want to run the same release of Debian ... FOREVER? When the desktop user is somebody like my aunt, and uncle, and cousins, and various other friends and relatives for are not computer techies, YES. Emphatically YES. The computer mostly works and does what they need, so they see no reason to upgrade. Their ancient computers running Windows 95 or 98 work fine, a little slow, but good enough for their needs. They see no reason to change, since that involves getting new hardware or software (which might cost money, and certainly time), learning new software (more time), and dealing with inevitable pain in the a** that upgrades cause in broken systems. (They see the misery that their techie friends go through when upgrading, and they want as little of it as possible.) Chances are when they "upgrade", they'll get a "new" computer after a few years and transfer over the files they care about (mostly e-mails, photos, and word documents). Rob
