Tom; You did read my entire post , right? Did you catch the rest of my
message? Please don't make assumptions about my preferences. As I stated, it
is the most similar to Windows, and therefore more likely to cause tension
with first-timers. Once they gain a level of confidence with Linux and KDE,
they'll be more likely to try the other desktop environments and experiment
on their own. You are interested in promoting Linux aren't you? It certainly
is a nice improvement and change from Windows! I'd like to see a lot more
people using it, that's for sure! I just offerred the suggestion that KDE
would make it easier for new Linux users to make the transition. So, far,
I've managed to switch about 137 users (Including all the staff at the
office I work at), and KDE made it a lot easier to do that. If it got the
job done, I wouldn't care if they were permanently working in a console, but
KDE get's the job done nicely. Personally, I don't use it if I don't have
to. I trust that clears this misunderstanding up? Please don't make
judgements or assumptions about people you know nothing about.
Dan LaBine
Registered Linux User #190712
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE or Gnome
> On Tuesday 16 January 2001 07:52 pm, Dan LaBine wrote:
> > Just a thought here, but wouldn't it be incredibly wise of us to
> > suggest and promote KDE as a prefferred desktop environment? Don't
> > get me wrong, I don't actually have a preference of my own,
> ==
> from the looks of your header it's apparent you do:
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> Please don't post using HTML. There's another issue here too. The
> biggest reason to use Linux, prob'ly has to be it's safety when
> properly used. Connecting to the Internet with any M$ product is akin
> to goin skippin in the wind naked. No matter what you do, posting and
> receiving email, newsgroups, surfing the web, you'd be better off with
> security set to 'welcome to crackers', running as 'root', with no
> firewall or sentry on the net while using Linux. 'Specially if you
> insist on using anything but plain text. Ever hear of a Linux user
> catching the 'I love you' virus? Nope? 'Nough said.
> ==
> FWIW, desktop windows are on the same level as politics and
> religion, and Ford/Chevy/Toyota as far as 'which' goes. On that note,
> after using Red Hat/AfterStep for a while, I tried a few other distros,
> mainly Slack. I don't remember the WM, it might've also been afterstep.
> Then (I was dual booting then too), I d/l'd phatlinux which runs on
> a Windoze partition in a loopback (one big ol' file). At the time Phat
> was Mandrake 6.0 with KDE. I soon sent for the 'real' Mandrake 6.0
> CD's, slapped a second HDD in, and have been runnin Mandrake/KDE ever
> since.
> --
> Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
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