On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:46:32AM -0700, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 00:44, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > I disagree. I still run Linux machines with GUI on 64MB and 48MB and > > the only Windows that could match the performance on those machines is > > Win95 and lower (even a fresh Win98 install started swapping wildly > > rather soon on those boxes). Linux gives me the choice to use a lean > > GUI that only provides the features I need. > > Yes, but you've also removed yourself from the mainstream Linux destop. > While choice is certainly an important aspect of Linux, it's also a bit > misleading to compare something that most users will never see with > Windows.
Quite the contrary. It is misleading *not* to mention this option, as Linux clearly is superiour to Windows in this regard. People cannot decide to use this option if they don't know about it. > If we're going to talk GUI's on Linux we should stick with > GNOME and KDE for the sake of comparison. The people who know how to > install alternate desktops aren't the people interested in comparisons: > they already know. Again, I strongly disagree. It's vital to mention this to the ordinary user as well, as it is an important advantage over Windows. [...] > > IMO, if you want the same, bloated GUI feature set as you > > have in Windows, > > And this is indeed what your average user (especially those coming from > Windows) wants. Not true. I've met Windows user (among them my wife), who were *quite* happy to have a lean GUI like e.g. Window Maker and *preferred* them to the bloated GUIs, despite the (short) learning curve at the beginning. They just didn't know it was possible before that. All the more reason to make them aware of this possibility. Cheerio, Thomas -- ==> RH List Archive: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&r=1&w=2 <== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
