On Saturday 29 July 2006 19:31, Ritesh Khadgaray wrote: > > Which flavour of linux and windows can you mother install? My mom can't > > even double click half the time and clicks way too many times if I set up > > single click for her. > > everyone is different, with different level of skill/intelligence.
That is true. I don't deny that.. > > If you want to use linux,is it unfair to expect to keep handy one piece > > of paper with some instructions and read everything on screen carefully > > before proceeding? > > yes, it would be unfair as the saying goes > even nipples are not intuitive interface. > > the point is, it would be easier for a user ( read newbie/windows user ) > to use point and click interface, then to type out commands/edit > configuration files. If you reread my post, I never said anything about typing commands and editing files. I talked about reading what is on the screen. I can bet that even with windows, people don't do that. Just run around looking for Windows XP installation with all partitions being VFAT. I know it is slightly complex but it isn't rocket science either.. > > a weird example > try deleting a file called "-rf *" from console. irrelevant. The "HOWTO" I talked about would set machine up in KDE from the boot. I do that myself in slackware all the time. While I agree that this is endless debate, I want to assert that it is about those who read what is on screen and those who don't. It has nothing to do with point and click. Shridhar -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
