On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 19:40 +0530, श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: > 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 >
Out of curiosity , how people ( newbie) read how-to, and how many follow instruction on screen ? people are lazy about reading how-to. from my experience as a tech support ( for windows/internet-dsl ), i have found most of the queries ( 60-80%) can be tracked to a how-to with relative ease. > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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. -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. -- ______________________________________________________________________ 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.
