.iecai [I couldn't agree more]. Given a pre-installed system , I don't understand how any Windows user could find Mandrake/KDE more difficult than Windows.
Sir Robin On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 05:30, Michael Viron wrote: > Femme, > > As you said Linux has come a long way, but I do not think that it is that > far away from being an option for the desktop. Keep in mind that Corel > Linux OS (before Corel spun it off as Xandros (http://www.xandros.net/)), > hid virtually all configuration behind the scenes (including partitioning) > and featured a desktop that looked very close to MS. > > Mandrake also is very close. Just about everything you could possibly want > to configure can be done via GUI programs. Want to install something? > There is rpmdrake (specifically created by Mandrake), as well as Gnome and > KDE equivalents. Want to browse the web? You can choose from Netscape, > Mozilla, Konquerer, etc. Want to configure your system? You can do it via > Mandrake Control Center, Linuxconf, or any one of a number of "GUI" based > configuration tools. Want to read e-mail? Try K-Mail, Evolution, or any > of the other GUI items out there. > > This is a far cry from Slackware 2.x and 3.x, which pretty much required > you to hand-compile everything, and which had no way of knowing whether a > dependency was installed or compiled without running a configure from the > command line. Heck, the default kernel in Slackware 2.x and 3.x did not > include networking by default, so if you even wanted to access the internet > you had to recompile from scratch -- configuring it via a text based > question / answer. > > In mandrake (as well as several other distros), the dependencies (for the > most part) are take care of automatically. > > You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. > > But, believe me, things could be a lot more "tech" oriented then they are now. > > Michael > > -- > Michael Viron > Project Manager / Primary Developer, General Education Online > Core System Administration Team, Simple End User Linux > > At 03:44 PM 5/29/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Tom Brinkman wrote: > >> > >> On Wednesday 29 May 2002 11:13 am, Dave Conroy wrote: > > > >> It's only a matter of time before lot'sa people will need to > >> unlearn Windows, and learn somethin else. Specially with M$'s new > >> fangled SA programs (price gouging scams), and the horrific security > >> holes that all M$ OS's and software feature. > >> -- > >> Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > >> > > > >a) won't happen soon enough > > > >b) won't happen. > > > >Why? Because linux will never be a desktop OS for the masses IMO. > >Requires too much tech knowledge and most just want their machine to > >work. Shrugs, My opinion. I know its come a long way but its still got > >a longer way to go yet. > >-- > >Femme > > > >Good Decisions You boss Made: > > > >"We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > >character from Peanuts." > > > >- Source: Dilbert > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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