But I do like Mandrake and redhat both,
they are good multimedia linuxes to me,
since I don't have a SGI workstation.
And both are stable as heck heh heh!
On Tue, 05 Dec 2000, Mark Johnson wrote:
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>
> The desktop is another issue that is really not even bound to
> the OS. I think most folks comming from MAC and Windows to Linux
> have been "spoiled" in a way by the desktop offered by those
> systems. Even the BeOS has very good (better) desktop. The reason
> is because MAC, Windows, and BeOS folks really care about the
> desktop in general, the Linux folk don't and so it was/is never
> seriously persued.
>
> I'm getting the impression that some feel having a GUI means the
> abondonment of the CLI. Probably a reaction to the susidence
> of the DOS prompt in Windows. But just think how attractive
> Linux would be keeping its powerful CLI and supplying a massively
> intuitive, progressive GUI. But the obstinance toward GUIs is
> very surprising to me - I don't get it.
>
> The thing is, within reason, the system should never let the user
> fail, because the user is always going to be the weekeast link.
> This is Human Factors 101.
>
