Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
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.

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-16 Thread Kazim Zaidi
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/CompositeManag

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-16 Thread Mani A
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 l

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-14 Thread Shakthi Kannan
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

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
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 wo

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:20:02 + (UTC), pj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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 >

[ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-14 Thread pj
> 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 ce