--- Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Nick Hill proclaimed:
> > But what about the rest? Dont u think its wrong to
> > advice that its not worth upgrading?
>
> Well. He is entitled his opinion. Isn't he? And
> besides, he did say that
> he would not recommend trying out 4.X (from src) for
> the non-adventurous.
>
he is entitled. sorry for that. but what about
binaries? isn't trying them out kinda easy? i dunno...
i neva tried NE of them out... ;-)
>
> Look at it this way. You strongly recommend Linux +
> XFree86 4.0 for
> someone because you want one more desktop running
> Linux. The recommendee
> becomes disillusioned because they are first unable
> to configure it and
> even when they do they get poor resolution etc. The
> recommendee would
> probably be twice as shy to try of Linux on their
> desktop again.
>
everyone has to start somewhere... ya i do agree linux
isn't exactly the easiest OS for the newbie, but i
think X contributes a LOT of the easiness which is
present now, and it just got better with XFree86 4.0.
Its still not perfect. But it is a step in the right
direction. I feel that people, atleast home users,
who're not the "get the work done" type, should
explore new avenues...
> For newbies it is always better to wait for your
> distribution to package
> any software.
>
> Thaths
i dunno on some other mail lists and news groups, i am
on, newbies are equally inquisitive if a new version
comes out. Atleast i found a LOT of newbies, who were
craving for this release, as it allowed the simple
thing of doing OpenGL in a window. Sometimes the
minutest of features looks like a boon to all.
Maybe i'm getting carried away with my "Linux Rulez"
attitude... so i think i should just lay off...
Nikhil.
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