Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness
Re: Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness (Kenneth Gonsalves) and it is not even point and click. (I cannot be dead sure because my last encounter with the beast was 6.10). But if it *is* point and click, I would appreciate it if someone showed be where the GUIs for the following tasks are located: 1. Partitioning the hard disk use the mouse the install qtparted or gparted. 2. resizing windows partitions the above suffices 3. setting up an adsl connection it is almost that ... they do not include knetwork by default 4. setting up and configuring squid 5. setting up and configuring firewall install guardog 6. enabling port forwarding over a firewall install guidedog too 7. setting up virtualisation 8. setting up and managing compiz-fusion I think this needs a CLI tool. The GUI is formidable 9. setting up sharing of remote directories over ssh install something like Kssh or Gssh (?)... for ftp there are many GUIs Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness
On 16/11/2007, Mani A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 8. setting up and managing compiz-fusion I think this needs a CLI tool. The GUI is formidable Best A. Mani An apt-get (or synaptic manager for point-and-click) command does it. Details at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/CompizFusion - Kazim Zaidi Blog: http://tuxplayground.blogspot.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness
On 16-Nov-07, at 9:45 PM, Mani A wrote: click, I would appreciate it if someone showed be where the GUIs for the following tasks are located: 1. Partitioning the hard disk use the mouse the install qtparted or gparted. 2. resizing windows partitions the above suffices 3. setting up an adsl connection it is almost that ... they do not include knetwork by default 4. setting up and configuring squid 5. setting up and configuring firewall install guardog 6. enabling port forwarding over a firewall install guidedog too 7. setting up virtualisation 8. setting up and managing compiz-fusion I think this needs a CLI tool. The GUI is formidable 9. setting up sharing of remote directories over ssh install something like Kssh or Gssh (?)... for ftp there are many GUIs to summarise: ubuntu does not have an inbuilt gui for all these -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:14:32 +0530, Shamail Tayyab [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This is what i consider as flame wars. To which Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Err. I am not sure why you think so -- no one is going around attacking other people. You were certainly dripping with sarcasm though. Which was returned in kind: (does anyone think a novice user had a dream the night before he installed debain, to give installgui at the boot prompt) Ubuntu is more point-and-click, but for someone who likes non-bloat, Debian tends to be cleaner at the CLI level. Probably because Ubuntu is pretty much a snapshot of unstable Debian with a gui layer on top. It also means that ubuntu works better with newer stuff much of the time, but may not work too solidly. Debian on the other hand works less with newer stuff, but if it works, it tends to work pretty solidly. Specifically: I'd say etch is more user friendly on older hardware than gutsy. However ubuntu support structure is pretty damn good, catering to tards in a way that debian support channels wouldn't consider. Your mileage may vary. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness
On 15-Nov-07, at 10:17 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: | Ubuntu is more point-and-click \-- ... and just having that is not user-friendliness. and it is not even point and click. (I cannot be dead sure because my last encounter with the beast was 6.10). But if it *is* point and click, I would appreciate it if someone showed be where the GUIs for the following tasks are located: 1. Partitioning the hard disk 2. resizing windows partitions 3. setting up an adsl connection 4. setting up and configuring squid 5. setting up and configuring firewall 6. enabling port forwarding over a firewall 7. setting up virtualisation 8. setting up and managing compiz-fusion 9. setting up sharing of remote directories over ssh -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness
Hi, - On 11/14/07, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ubuntu is more point-and-click \-- ... and just having that is not user-friendliness. - | The point I am trying to make is that Debian tries to offer the | user choices; \-- ... which is actually what is meant by user-friendliness. - | Ubuntu simplifies things by making many choices for | you. I hate that. \-- True. That is why I still prefer, and use Debian. SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
