Kinda in the same camp. Linux is Linux Windows is Windows. If people won't move because it don't look the same it's probably a lost cause. I personally think we in the FOSS movement spend too much time making concessions to the Windows world. We have a better product, lets sell it as such.
Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "roy mukasa" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 28 January, 2011 8:53:28 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] More on FOSS Yes i think i am with you on that one. Great points you have put across. Regards On 28 January 2011 20:47, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, until they try using wine to install Adobe CS5, or FIFA 11, or Office > 2010 (2007 works with Crossover Office. Not sure about stock wine)... Too > complex? What about an Anti-virus, or Orange's "Internet Everywhere" > package, or try to play an encrypted DVD or... or... > I gave up on trying to make Linux look and act like Windows. It just > confuses people. Better to show them that it's different, and then to show > them how to do stuff differently. > :-) > > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > -- Robert Frost > > > On 28 January 2011 08:02, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Good morning to you all, for those who have relatives and friends who >> don't want to move away from Windows to Linux simply because adjusting >> to Linux will be difficult for them, here is a new OS that has a >> windows XP feel along with the icons but is totally built off Ubuntu >> 10.04 and uses wine to install windows applications. Read on here: >> >> >> http://www.howtogeek.com/news/ylmf-os-is-a-windows-xp-styled-linux-system/3127/ >> >> -- >> Roy Mukasa >> SERVAL (U) LTD >> +256794291110 >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Roy Mukasa SERVAL (U) LTD +256794291110 _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
