ET wrote:
As a newbie trying linux for the first time, I find it very very frustrating. Nothing is intuitive, and even basic text editors like vi or emacs are difficult to use. I found myself wishing for good old MS-DOS edit.I suggest you install "jed" then, for your text editor
Or use kwrite in X. vi and emacs are not "basic text editors", they are weapons of mass destruction.
Hey, I guessed right - 3.0! ( http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/windows.htm - the rest of the site is pretty interesting too.)As an experienced Windows user with 12 years under my belt,(Quick, what MS windows release number was out in 1990?)
I was still using an Atari 1024 then.
"The only intuitive interface is a nipple - after that you have to learn it" was one of the best sigs I've seen. Any idea who originally said it.no machine in "intuitive" it has been said only the nipple is "intuitive". An in-animate object (like a machine) can only be more or less intutive than something else.I think I can safely say that linux will never gain full acceptance with the majoity of computer users in it's current state. Nothing is intuitive.
Getting off-topic somewhat, the BBC's "Click Online" (a newbie-friendly program, which is also relatively Linux-friendly) did a feature on usability. The presenter asked a usability expert why using a computer wasn't as intuitive as driving a car. Hell, if all computer users had to have the same number of lessons before logging on as drivers do to get their licence, a lot of Help Desk employees would be out of work, and kernel-hacking would be the equivalent of parallel parking.
Sir Robin
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Robin Turner
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