On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But the goal is still out there -- desktop Linux needs to have the same > rich interface and features that Microsoft and Apple have led the > average user to expect. Switching to a faster, but less feature-filled
Well, that's assuming that you think that Linux for Lusers (tm) is a good thing. Linux isn't for everybody...nor should it be. Heck, chainsaws are easy to use, but that doesn't mean everyone should have one to help trim the turkey. The idea that Linux needs to be Windows to be successful is just silly. What's even sillier is the idea that Windows is easy...it isn't. It's just that most lusers have already climbed the Windows learning curve; it's what they're used to, requires no thought, and is therefore "easy." But if you've been in the computing world for a while, you'll remember the frantic help desk calls back in 1995 from people who couldn't grasp the idea of Start->Programs->Word if their lives depended on it. Every computing system has its own paradigm. People can--and should--be expected to apply at least some minimal effort to understand that paradigm, if only so their brains don't atrophy. That said, I agree that there's plenty that can be done to improve standard interfaces, applications, and security settings on distributions. But that's a vendor/community thing, and not so much about making Linux (the chainsaw, if you will) more accessible to the great unwashed masses. -- The DMCA is anti-consumer. The RIAA has no right to rewrite copyright laws to suit themselves. _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
