On 30 Nov, Dean Hamstead scribbled:
->> installing software on linux is a pain - compared to windows. - you
->> have to find the right file - read a readme - figure out how to
->> decompress/run/do somethngt with that file - get a Cd of 3rd party
->> software (linux has distros - but they will never answer everything -
->> in the end 3rd party is going to be the "big thing" and it's important
->> it gets worked out) and you actually have to go to a lot of effort to
->> read the readme - set things up (quake3 is an example) - installign
->> drivers is a real pain. under windows installing 4rd party software is
->> just a matter of sticking the CD in - same with drivers. windows takes
->> it from there - pops up the autorun thing -where you get a nice big
->> "install me" button or "uninstall" etc. - its just so much less pain
->> and wokr than linux. linxu means u have to be nigh a guru to get 3rd
->> party drivers working - getting nvidia's 3d to work is an example -
->> everyone at work seems to keep coming to me to "fix" their machines by
->> setting this up because i'm one of the few guys around who knwos how to
->> make it work - and this is in engineering at VA... just think of the
->> poor average joe schmo user... and this is just where the examples
->> start... :)
->
->
-> I agree with Mr Raster. But my question is do you want things simple?
-> Remembering that simplicity removes control and increases ambiguity.
absolutely true... thats what the "advanced..." button is for :)
novices need not go anywhere near the button and things should "just
work" :)
-> Personally i like getting source, un tarring, configuring, haking the
-> makefile a little sometimes and getting it going.
->
-> Ultimately it comes down to whom software is being developed for.
-> IMO linux is good as is, spending alot of time these days in OS's that
-> really arent ment for the faint hearted (openbsd for example) has really
-> brought this to light for me.
linux is a developers OS - if you write code you're fine - anbd if you
liek hackign code.. but god forgive anyone's grandmother who has to deal
with linux on her own... :)
-> As a Unix admin the powers that be want stuff done and (for me) they
-> dont care how. They're happy when it costs less and is an effective
-> solution and that suits me fine.
->
-> I also think theirs a limit as to how user friendly computers can be
-> with
-> out AI. I mean, for some people a mouse is hard to use, and reading
-> error
-> messages is really a big task.
those people should fail the "computer user license test" :) we need
people to be licensed :)
-> As for nvidia, well i dont buy 3dfx cards because they are value for
-> money =)
->
-> (has anyone got nvidia cards to run accelerated on 2.4.x??)
haven't tried but god damn are the fast and purty on my 2.2.x systems -
i love playing quake 3 at 100fps at 1600x1200 :)
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