On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 01:16:59PM +0800, JM Ibanez wrote: > It does matter. The Linux desktop might be relatively stable compared > to a WInXP machine, but see-- what if the user hits the magic > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combination? Will apps decide to autosave? Is this > predictable to Joe Windows User?
Which is why options like DontZap and DontVTSwitch, exist. The XF86Config-4(5x) manual page has more information. And then there's the inittab override for the Ctrl-Alt-Del three-finger salute, and many more. The bottomline is that with GNU/Linux, you can control these things. From an enterprise systems and network administrator's point of view, that makes a huge difference as far as standardizing and controlling the computing environment is concerned. > I'd like to argue that a lot of users do use keyboard shortcuts. For > example, most Windows apps use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for copy and paste, > respectively. What are the Mac equivalents? Will Joe User know? What > about browser shortcuts? What about certain features (either in Office > or OpenOffice.org)? Also, the Start button has a link to the Control > Panel and the Printers folder. Apple has a different place for setting > up printers (or for tweaking). What about Joe User, who was given > admin privileges on his WinXP machine? What will a switch to OS X be > like? Will he know how to add applications? But yes, you have a completely valid point. Users hate change, and any migration will hurt. Even just moving from one version of Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Office, to another, can and do hurt a lot of Joe Users. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free software GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer to freedom, not price. _________________________________________________ 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
