On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 13:04 +1300, Rex Teague wrote: > Any use Vik? Bear in mind there is a gradient of 'visual learners' > depending on what other intelligences impinge, which will account for > the GNOME/KDE/WHATEVER preferences. I'm keenly interested in your > conclusions, our Linux/FOSS advocacy has often been stonewalled and > we are seriously asking the same question(s).
There is, fairly obviously, no one-size-fits-all solution. I've noted the following: Users brought up on Windows have difficulty in distinguishing an Operating System from a Desktop. Windows users also do not readily understand the concept of running a program on one machine while displaying its GUI on another, yet do understand Desktop replication via VNC or similar. Users who are unhappy with GNOME on Linux are much happier with KDE. Long-time Red Hat users are generally happier on GNOME. Any misbehaving applications *must* be fixed promptly, as their behaviour will be blamed on Linux. Novice Linux users still cannot install Samba shares, printers or sound without assistance. Vik :v)
