Look at the number of idiot computer users windows and mac has given the world?
Linux is not intended as a desktop os, sure the desktop has come a long way, but its not there yet. Most of the user friendly gui's (kde, gnome come to mind) are too resource hungry to to be any good, and the XF86 is very inefficient. For linux to gain a larger market share X needs to be reworked so its more efficient and someone needs to put together a user friendly wm that doesn't chew up all your resources. until that happens linux belongs as a server, or as a desktop for someone with half a clue. I can run 2k quite happily on my 300, slack8 with kde on my 300 however is slow as all hell. This is why I dropped kde. -- Karl Clements "Everyone is stupid, its just the degree that varies" <reply who="Andre Pang" date="Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:24:53 +1100"> > On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 12:38:41PM +1100, Alan Vink wrote: > > > It is important to "understand" what you are doing when using any distro, > > with the more "efficient" or "modern" as someone called it distros - it is > > possible for people that do not understand to go wild and install services > > and apps with packages while never even thinking of possible ramifications > > and system compromises that this "loose cannon" approach can cause. > > I agree -- but only if you're a sysadmin, and you _want_ to be a > sysadmin. > > The day that I install Linux for my mum and dad, I don't expect > them to understand that clicking on their 'Internet connection' > icon runs a script which launches pppd which talks to chat with > appropriate paramters for the ISP's logon prompts. Bugger that > for a lark. > > Basically, 99% of Windows and Mac users have no idea WTF is going > on under the hood, and they seem to be quite productive in using > it as a desktop machine. Why should we set ourselves a lesser > goal for Linux distributions? > > > -- > #ozone/algorithm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - trust.in.love.to.save > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
