Rick, you remind me of a child of say,,sixteen, who believes the world they have seen is it, and views the universe as beeing all from their (limited) perspective. M$winders is not how _I_ think the world should look, _I_ want to decide, and I am willing to allow that "one mans cluster f#ck is a nother mans orgy" so maybe...just maybe...the folks that reallllllly enjoy being a sheep, can. and those who think that they might have to learn to paint to keep the cave from being like every other cave can also RTFD to keep their "virtul cave" as they need it to be.
that while my car may be slow, it can lift your car, and put it on a shelf. On Sunday 25 November 2001 13:36, you wrote: > > newbies shouldn't have to use the shell prompt to install > > something. > > exactly - we dont have GUI's just for fun, if the GUI tools dont provide > the power of there shell counterparts, then why the hell not!! > > windows is almost exclusivly gui, and there is no end of extremly > complicated and powerful software. > > > one other point, man pages are good, but may be difficult for a linux > > newbie to interpret. documentation needs to be in a easy-to-use help gui > > inside of the gui application, or formatted as easy-to-understand .html > > files that the newbie can just click around in. (fortunately, mandrake > > has > > > made a good effort on this end). > > MDK have made the effort, but they still managed to include quite a few > duff links (links to other pages in the docs - not on the web) > > > again, if linux is to become mainstream on the desktop, it needs to > > overcome the above hurdles, namingly making everything extremely simple > > and > > > easy for the new computer/linux user. > > and that's the problem - there are loads of Linux users who share this > dream, and there is an equal number trying to go in the opposite direction > and keep Linux as Unix as possible. Everybody is developing to their own > ideals, no definite direction or purpose, forcing users to have both the > super GUI and the Unix installed at the same time as neither do everything > 100% > > > Rick > > Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com > POV-Ray News & Resources - http://Povray.co.uk > TEL : +44 (01270) 501101 - FAX : +44 (01270) 251105 - ICQ : 15776037 > > PGP Public Key > http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x231E1CEA
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