David,
--- David Desrosiers <daviddes at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> I don't see why.. every single one of the "popular" distros, and many of
> the lesser-known distributions all come with "sensible defaults", which
> can be modified or changed later if they want, or left alone if they
> don't.
>
> SuSE generally has KDE + kwm
> Ubuntu generally has GNOME + metacity
> ZenWalk generally has XFCE4
>
The point I wanted to highlight is that each of these distros has its own tried
and tested "defaults".
The (l)users would have to try each distro to finalize on their favourite ones.
> for themselves. Tweak and shave from there.
This is what they don't like (as far as I've seen/experienced).
>
> There is this ongoing myth that Linux is "too complicated" with too many
> options and buttons and choices, and these same people propagating this
> myth (witness the original online article that started this thread) seem
> to believe Linux needs to "remove" these things in order to succeed. I
> don't see that broken logic at all.
>
Some people can't handle "too much power". They want everything to be as lame
and simple as it can be.
> KDE for example has done very well at keeping itself extremely powerful
> "under the hood", if you choose to pop the hood and look inside. If you
> don't, then you don't need to know what's in there. All you care about is
> that your car starts when you put in the key and it goes when you press on
But each car has its own version of the keyhole (the size, the shape, the
length of the key, etc.)
> the gas. Taking the options out doesn't make sense, but having levels of
> usability, selectable by the user, is always a good approach.
Yeah. Cars with 2 tyres, 3 tyres, 7 tyres, ... cars without tyres!
>
> Feel like a guru? Twiddle all of the options on with the "Expert"
> interface options turned on.
VW Beetle with a Rolce Royce Rocket engine! ;)
> > Hey, I thought that Linux *was* a Desktop OS... ;-)
>
> Its an everything. Its like saying: "What is this lump of clay?" Its a
> sculpture! Its a dish! Its a coffee cup! Its a pet rock!
Maybe Linux shares something with Emacs. Emacs aficinados (I for one) say that
Emacs is Everything one wants it to be.
>
> For users used to Windows being "a PC", they're not comfortable with Linux
> being whatever they want it to be; router, PC, server, microwave, coffee
> maker, home automation controller.
How about "Linux on Mac?" and Linux8086?
> Its whatever you want it to be.
>
"But, I can only show you the door, Neo. You're the one that has to walk
through it"
-- Morpheus to Neo ("The Matrix")
-- maravind
? Les cons peuvent ?tre vaincus mais ils n'admettent jamais l'?tre. ?
("Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.")
-- Richard M. Stallman
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