Ummm, where did that come from? Calm it down a bit please. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ed Tharp > Sent: 25 November 2001 20:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] The problem with Linux > > > 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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