OK. I need to make a little detour to see if I can convey what I wish to express in sensible terms.
Humans in general like to live in a known environment where they feel comfortable, which we call one's comfort zone. And - in general - humans have an instinctive fear of the unknown (note that "unknown" means strictly "that which is not known"; let's leave absurd connotations like paranormal & associates out of this please) because on one hand throws them out of their comfort zone and on the other hand more often than not it brings about changes... changes to their comfort zone. There are exceptions of course. Adventurous, pioneering, inquisitive, investigative minds and personalities, actually actively seek, crave even, the unknown... to push boundaries, to discover what's beyond, to find novelties, etc... What neither type seems to understand, though, is that the only constant in life is change. And ironically, it is the very type that fiercely resist change and love the comfort zone, that more often than not get bored of the stagnation of the comfort zone and actually start shouting for changes to be necessary. Windows and linux users are of both types alike. With one major difference... In linuxland, much richer of adventurous and inquisitive types, the comfort-zone traditionalists are such by their own choice and volition. In windowsland however, the adventurous and inquisitive types have little if any choice but to remain traditionalist, because the very nature of windowsland "molds" and brain washes them into such a state of acceptance, by not giving them any other choice. Then, of course, their inquisitive and adventurous natures sooner or later start to have claustrophic panic attacks... and yet, they are conditioned to believe that they have no choice. Another peculiarity about humans, is a sickening and almost unconscious collective social tendency to stigmatization and stupid prejudice. So. All the above said, here's the crunch... I'm very reluctant and worried to mention that the distro that I would like to see acting as a safe bridge for windowers to transition to linuxers, is already out there and I can't think of any better one. Because the moment I name it, human tendencies kick in and prejudice and stigmatization will hit it from linuxland, by automatically starting to diminish it, and ostracize it as a "lesser distro", a traitor of sorts to linux, a "muggle" in the wizardry world. And yet, the truth is that it is actually a fabulous piece of software wizardry and a testament to its creators' skills, understanding of the balance between practicality and user needs, and creativity. I'm of course talking of xubuntu with xfce. Of all the folks that I introduced to Mate, not one has stuck to it, mainly because of hardware issues that they say it was too difficult to understand the instructions to correct them. Yet every single one that I have introduced to xubuntu xfce with the instructions from the webpage "10 things to do after installing xubuntu", including some that had first been on Mate, has been hanging onto it and enjoying it. One or two has had wireless problems, but told me that googled "wireless not working on xubuntu on [laptop make and model]" and after reading a few pages found one with instructions to copy and then paste on a terminal and bang, problem solved. All those with samsungs had the same screen tearing problem I had and did the same I did... googled it, found a page with instructions and explanations and bang, problem solved. So... with the uttermost respect to every and all linux distros out there, when it comes to ease of transition from windows and to have the least hardware/software problems after install, my rookie experience so far is that Xubuntu with Xfce tops the charts at number 1. Last week I tried Lubuntu with xfce on 3 laptops... good, enjoyed it, recommend it, but gave me mixed results with different machines. Xubuntu on the other hand, has performed flawlessly on every single machine I have been clean installing it, and every machine has different hardware. I personally haven't even had one single glitch with the wireless, but although my machines are all different, they all use the same wireless chipsets so maybe I have just been lucky so far. In any case, I can't but rate xubuntu as top of the charts to my transition from windows to linux. And if it did the trick to me and it's hooking every friend and colleague I'm introducing to it, surely it will do the trick for at least the majority of windows death-row-desperate-to-escape-dissidents...lol... So. I'm not stopping exploring and fiddling with other distros, mainly because I'm thirsty to learn and to get as much info as possible for a project that is taking form in my head... a modest but clear help file for newbies like me... but I am definitely sticking to xubuntu xfce as my main foundation and for all my serious work, as my main laptop and tower PC alike are already a testament to. Now I just need to check that BricsCad CAD program to have all my needs completly covered. And took me less than 3 months, even with periods of 9 days in a row without touching a puter because work barely left me time to sleep... My philosophy: if I can do it and if it works for me, everybody can do it and it will work for everybody :) Tda ;) On 14 Jul 2017 06:53, "Joao Monteiro" <[email protected]> wrote: And since when is capitalism a good thing? A system that puts a price on human life and renders the hypocrates oath of doctors a farse and a charade of hypocrisy, where you can only get medical treatment if you can afford to pay for it? Would like to see you speaking high of greed and capitalism if it was your life or the life of one of your children or parents or partner on the line... Anyway. I'd prefer that the thread stuck to linux related issues and didn't go astray into politics any more than the relevant and necessary but hey... I can as easily be a tda in there as well... I just don't think that capitalists and greedy characteres will like it a bit... ;) Tda ;) On 14 Jul 2017 06:14, "Guang Chao" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Michael Höhne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Joao Monteiro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > 99% of humankind's social problems are rooted right there... in greed. >> >> You're so damn right!!! >> > > But greed is important. 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