On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 22:34 +0100, thijs van severen wrote: > To reach a larger public things have to be more fancy / more > use friendly. > +1
-2 IMO Linux has got some user friendly aspects you won't find for other OS, even not for other *nix such as BSD. However, if you run into issues and this soon or later will happen what ever OS you're using, the chances to get useful messages, are very good, when running Linux and other *nix. For hardware test purpose I set up a Windows some days ago. There was a driver missing for LAN, but the messages were about a broken LAN cable. This isn't a useful message, it's what a bot will say, just to say something. Comparable to Weizenbaum's ELIZA, "For example, it is a context in which the question "Who is your favorite composer?" can be answered acceptably with responses such as "What about your own favorite composer?" or "Does that question interest you?" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA For Windows and Linux it's the same, the user needs to know, where to look, if something doesn't work. For the example, a missing driver, there are ways to see this for Linux and for Windows, but for Windows the user gets idiotic hints, so that people who are inexperienced with computers, waste time with checking the wrong things. The manifoldness regarding to desktop environments for Linux might be less user friendly from a special point of view. The workflow provided by e.g. XP is similar to Xfce, but completely different for Unity. On Linux we have the choice, having no choice sometimes is easier, but not really an advantage. I dislike that Linux becomes more fancy nowadays. GUIs that use the theme I set up for my desktop environment are exactly what I want. For me it's hard to use all those new fancy GUIs. I set up a theme that fit to the abilities of my eyes and monitor, but some of the new GUIs ignore that and use pictures of amps, effects etc. that are visually hard to use for me. To increase the target group more fashionable crap is needed, but that shouldn't be, what Linux is intended for. I don't want to get Linux apps, comparable to those apps all the consumers use on their proprietary computers, such apps like crystal ball apps in the style of "Does the neighbour woman love me?" "Simply type her name and your name and you get the answer." Important is, that this app must cost something and that the source code is a secret. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
