Sorry sent to to Christopher rather than the list On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Caleb Sawtell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm gonna go out on a limb here and not recommend kde. > Gnome has put a lot of effort into making a very intuitive user interface. > Kde has only recently started to put the effort into sensible user > interface design, but IMHO it has been played as second fiddle to glitz and > glamour because, lets face it, that's more fun. > My second point is that Mac OS X has proven that people can cope with > another user interface that isn't windows. Plus the default gnome setup in > opensuse has removed the top bar and put everything down the bottom just > like windows. > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Christopher Sawtell > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Friday 16 January 2009 06:43:28 Robert Fisher wrote: >> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:48:49 pm Volker Kuhlmann wrote: >> > > On Thu 15 Jan 2009 13:12:44 NZDT +1300, Tim Buchanan wrote: >> > > > I've recently been helping my co-workers with their laptops. When I >> > > > have suggested that they might try to try a Linux OS, they tell me >> > > > that "they would like to stick with what they know how to use (ie >> > > > window$ xp)". >> > > >> > > Time to drop Ubuntu and go for one of the KDE distros?? >> > >> > My thoughts exactly. There can be no doubt that it is easier for a >> Windows >> > user to learn KDE than Gnome. >> >> But be certain that you know exactly how to use the desktop of choice >> before >> you install it on the computer belonging a friend or client. Note that >> while >> KDE-4 is visually appealing, it is not only very different from that which >> came before, but also some applications are not, imho, particularly stable >> when running under KDE-4. >> >> As it stands at the moment, I'd be very cautious before installing KDE-4.x >> on >> dear old Aunt Tilly's computer, particularly if said aunt has had some >> exposure to a different user interface. >> >> -- >> With Sincerity, >> Christopher Sawtell >> >> >> >
