On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Chris O'Connell <omegah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The reality is that most users will not be technical enough to use Linux This maybe true to some time ago. Seeing the advancements that Ubuntu has made, I would gladly install it for a novice user . However , Fedora's Gnome 3 , I was embarrassed to offer people to use it. The questions I heard were " but, where are the icons ? but , where are my running programs ", "So, after the OS install is done, a whole chapter of configuring add-ons and extra's start, just so I can ever use the computer right ?" It is a major step back. > I suspect the people who developed Gnome3 didn't understand their > audience. > I think they may have been trying to attract new, and less technical > users. By doing so the developers have alienated their existing user > base. My impression was , that , the developers made Gnome 3 for people that had never used a PC before, and , that have no point of reference. If Gnome 3 was the first system you've ever used, you may have not disliked it, because, well, you knew nothing before that. If you've used Mac OS, Windows, KDE / Gnome 2, unless you're a remarkably patient person, you would have had some negative feelings towards it . Guy _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss