Do you mean graphical user interface? If people tend to dislike *nix GUI (yet), that's a big challenge, more so for FOSS developers and advocates. Personally, it's been one for me. I always tell people to try Linux GUI as it rocks. (Ubuntu's KDE is the official desktop of our field offices.) But I myself do not use it as often. Wala lang, I just feel comfortable with terminals. When my office mates see me working on four terminals in one screen of my notebook, they feel that I'm too geeky. The only GUI applications I use are Firefox for Gmail, OpenOffice for our office documents, and Gimp for images that we manipulate for our web site.
Ever wonder what I use the four terminals for? Terminal #1: Emacs (for my project/task management work) Terminal #2: cplay (yes, I play mp3 files on a terminal) Terminal #3: Database backend management Terminal #4: For file management, etc. By the way, my current desktop is run on blackbox. Indeed, GUI that will capture the imagination of the masses (read: plain computer users) is a challenge for developers and users alike (who should not tire of providing feedback to the former). Dong _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
