> My points:
>
>
> 2. KDE 3.x.x, Gnome 2.x contain pure hebrew translations, can give you
> ability to change thier configuration as you really want them etc...
> 3. Support of Bi-Directional even for QT3 and pango programs...
> 4. The more you know the more you can get out of your system (just like
> MS-Windows). 5. Free Softweare some times even things that does not exists
> on Commercial products (take a look at DDD for example)
> 6. For almost any command line tool you have a gui tool (unlike ms-windows
> !!!)
>
First, I want to say something about flame wars. Opinionated and heated
arguments are in my opinion NOT flame wars. People mistakingly (oops) think
that heated arguments are flame wars. Last I checked, flame wars are
discussions in which you actually go off-topic and "flame" or insult the
people, not their opinions. I haven't seen a flame war here for a while,
donno what ya all are talking about ;-)
Now that this is over with, I'm not sure how interesting this thread is but my
opinion on the matter is: YES, MS Windows is much more user-friendly than
Linux.
All the wizards in the world would do you no good when the slightest thing
goes "off plan" and doesn't work as expected. This happens too much to be
just an annoyance.
Of course it happens in Win32 as well but the solutions there are simpler,
perhaps dumber, but simpler still. Even for a veteran computer user,
installing Windows and using it (which is the main issue) is rather simple.
Not so with Linux. To make matters worse, people I know that are programmers
and know how the system works, had Unix experience and are generally great
with technicalities are baffled and a lot of time can't get their shit
together.
Now to the points:
1. Distrebution like Mandrake have more friendly installation then
> MS-Windows:
Not sure about that one.. I guess it depends and is an individual perspective.
> A. Hebrew installation interface.
OK, true. If you want or need a Windows hebrew installation you probably also
want a totally hebrew-based system.
> B. Real instructions all the way
I disagree. There is no such thing as "all the way". It only covers the basics
of the installation process and procedures. Always have and always will. You
can't do much more than that in an installer.
> C. GUI way of handeling partitions.
true.
> D. Wizard for firewalls
and we know how "good" is THAT..
> E. Choosing what to install and what to leave out.
That might actually be more problem than it should. Win32 doesn't come with
many components, but most of what is gets installed by default. Makes life
easier for the installer but then you have to perform a lot of additional
installations. That is actually a good approach IMO (reminds me of Debian
where you usually install bare-bones and upgrade as necessary, but that is a
more extreme example.)
> F. Controlling all the read needed features Graphicly, Like Resulution and
> color palletes, Deamons that will run when server up, Printers, and more
> (the rest are existed also in MS-Windows installations)
Well, in Windows you don't have to mess with those things. Makes your life
easier but might cause trouble later ("I have to turn that Messenger service,
AGAIN! :)
> G. Ability for GUI
> > login directly to X.
What ?
Just my 200 cents :)
Eli
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