Joachim Of what use is it to light a candle and put it under a table? Its not about people caring to see what is new or hot in Linux, it is about Linux making people know what it has to offer.
Wire On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 03:13 -0800, joachim Gwoke wrote: > People, the linux desktop is very much around, problem is most users don't > stand or care to stand and be counted. Anyone here see compiz-fusion? looks > and acts like the next mac OS or windows 9. > > regards > Joachim > > > --- On Mon, 11/10/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: LUG Digest, Vol 51, Issue 32 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 1:00 AM > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > > 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Desktop Linux - Will it ever stick? (Simon Vass) > > 2. Re: Desktop Linux - Will it ever stick? (Wire James) > > Ok, Mark, please give me an example of how MAC OS is more > > intuitive than Ubuntu Linux? I mean I know MAC OS has a > > lovely dock, which you can recreate in Ubuntu with > > cairo-dock, but where else? If I want to open a word doc I > > double click it. If I want to create a spreadsheet I go > > Applications--->Office---OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet. > > > > In my experience I struggle trying to find settings and > > apps in OS X. I conclude it's because I know Ubuntu and > > don't know OS X? I also think there is the power of > > branding going on here. People will spend time learning > > Windows and MAC OS X where as it's Linux they throw > > there hands in the air and give up. Admittedly this is > > probably because when they get stuck who do they ask? A > > friend, A neighbor and invariably the response is Whats > > Linux? You should have got a MAC or used Vista! > > > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On Monday 10 November 2008 16:07:11 joseph mpora > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> So why would a new user adjust easier to a Mac > > than to > > >> Linux? > > >> > > > > > > You surely do know how to start a war, Joseph... > > > > > > But, I think OS X is more intuitive, from a lay-user > > perspective, than Linux is; and that's why I think users > > would adopt faster to OS X if they decided to dump Windows, > > than if they chose Linux. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever > > posted them (including attachments if any). The List's > > Host is not responsible for them in any way. > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Simon Vass > > Technical Manager > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > > > http://www.etech.ug > > skype:etechservicedesk > > > > Tel: +256-312260620 > > Fax: +256-312260621 > > > > > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 11:41 +0300, Simon Vass wrote: > > > > > I also think > > > there is the power of branding going on here. > > > > Spot on Vass. I agree with you on this. Branding is one of > > the biggest > > challenges Linux faces. I remember having to learn OS2 > > forcefully simply > > because it was an IBM thing and if you really wanted to > > retain a job or > > be noticed as IBM compliant, knowledge of it was paramount. > > When it > > comes to Linux, people expect the reverse. > > > > Wire > > > > > People will spend time > > > learning Windows and MAC OS X where as it's Linux > > they throw there hands > > > in the air and give up. Admittedly this is probably > > because when they > > > get stuck who do they ask? A friend, A neighbor and > > invariably the > > > response is Whats Linux? You should have got a MAC or > > used Vista! > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On Monday 10 November 2008 16:07:11 joseph mpora > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> So why would a new user adjust easier to a > > Mac than to > > > >> Linux? > > > >> > > > > > > > > You surely do know how to start a war, Joseph... > > > > > > > > But, I think OS X is more intuitive, from a > > lay-user > > > > perspective, than Linux is; and that's why I > > think users > > > > would adopt faster to OS X if they decided to > > dump Windows, > > > > than if they chose Linux. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever > > posted them (including attachments if any). 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