how t unsubscribe? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Vella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Malta Linux User Group - general list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: RE: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Linux/Windows
> Hi All, > > I just turned full time Linux (RH9) on my home PC a month ago however I > still use Win2k at work. > > I guess I can say I am a Win power user and a basic Linux user. Before > that I installed Linux last month, it was only in 1998 that I had used > it last (RH7x) and I must say that it has improved a LOT from the > usability side. > > Anyway, so at home I need mostly a web browser, irc client, email client > and IM (MSN/ICQ) client. For IM I tried both Gaim and also AMSN. Amsn > sucks UI wise and Gaim is good. I needed to install Gaim - just that > took me a week or so (just evenings) of downloading rpm's and sources. > A lot of dependencies and at some point I was just going to throw the > towel however I persisted. Now it is working - except that receiving > files does not work. > > I still think that the Linux I have (RH9 - KDE) is not yet available for > the home user. I try to imagine my gf use it .. And that terrorizes me > - no thanks .. I don't want to spend my free time supporting a linux > machine. > > I still didn't try to connect by USB stick, my P800 or my Clie to my RH9 > ... Do not even know if such drivers exist for them, does USB work well > on Linux? I mean .. Is it really plug and play? I am scared of trying > them out ... > > Ohhh ... And when it comes to server configuration, the default tools > provided by KDE suck .. only webmin saves the day. > > My Kmail email client still crashes, and has some quit quirky issues, > still cannot find a decent email client. Best email no-frills emails > client out there is MS Outlook Express .. From what I saw obviously. > Why is it that from all the Linux email clients I used, they persisted > into adding the signature at the VERY end of the email (i.e. after all > the replies etc...).... > > When browsing using Mozilla my fonts do not show well .. May need to get > reading glasses soon it seems. > > The User Interface of linux applications is 'designed' by geek devs. > Sorry .. But in most cases, geek devs are good for development and not > for usability. Do any standards exists as how to program user > interfaces with usability in mind? > > Also .. Why is it that by default, when you click a window title bar it > rolls up instead of maximizing/sizing it? YES .. I KNOW that just > because Windows does that then it does not mean that Linux interfaces > has to be like that .. However .. Hey, if you want to start 'migrating' > users from Windows to Linux then you have to make the process as less > painful as possible. Too much is expected from home users (non-linux > geeks). > > Why not have a Linux distro/app which absracts the Linux file folders > view and makes them look like windows ? No /sbin and stuff .. > > It CANNOT be expected that Normal home users learn everything from > scratch. Microsoft won already in that respect, what Linux should do at > this point is to make itself look and FEEEELL much more than windows!! > Basically .. Same look and FEEL (notice CAPS) however totally different > internals. > > Just some rants and raves .. Which can go on for ever ... > > (boring mode) > > regards, > > David Vella - GFI Software Ltd. - www.gfi.com > Messaging, Content Security & Network security software > GFI: FAXmaker - LANguard - MailSecurity - DownloadSecurity > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Casha > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:59 AM > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Linux/Windows > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 08:42, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote: > > The problem as I see it with the standardization of RPMs is that > > different distros have different dependencies for the same rpm. > > Precisely... and that's where the main work lies. They *could* make RPMs > distribution-independent. It would take some coordinated effort though. > > > > > BTW.... the added traffic on this mailing list is a welcome change. > > > > LOL yes. One moment it's as if the list was lifeless, the next a zillion > new messages fall on my mailbox like a nice soft feather tied to a > truckload of bricks. > > Ramon Casha > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > This mail was checked for malicious code and viruses > by GFI MailSecurity. GFI MailSecurity provides email content > checking, exploit detection, threats analysis and anti-virus for > Exchange & SMTP servers. 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