Re: kde 3.4 in sid
On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 03:09 +1000, Derek Broughton wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 April 2005 13:20, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2005 18:04 schrieb Petr Baláš:
> > > Biggest graphics "card" vendor is Intel with integrated chip sets.
> >
> > Vendor maybe but I really doubt that is has the biggest user base among
> > Linux users.
>
> Why?
Actually, Intel is not the largest OEM video chip set manufacturer - ATI
is. Has been for some time, and in fact from stats I saw it's share is
growing. That said, ATIs Linux drivers are a laughable joke.
> > Integrated graphics is like integrated sound: it works if you don't expect
> > much. But in case of e.g. distorted sound, you are better off getting
> > something real.
>
> The "average" user doesn't need a great sound system and super 3d accelerated
> video on their computer. In fact, I'd be surprised if there weren't more
> people using on-board video for Linux than for other OS's as we're not
> primarily a gaming community. I'm using i815 right now, i915 when the new
> laptop arrives in a week or so.
Yup. I agree. The average user just is a monkey doing button clicking.
They don't understand what they're doing, they just have a routine of
click here, do this, click here, do that. Finish. Since I work in a IT
related support/helpdesk role, try asking Windows customers 'can you go
into device manager please'. See how many:
1. know what you're talking about
2. Can find it
3. Can find it in a reasonable time frame
You'll be surprised (or maybe not) that the vast majority (>= 90%)
can't. And they're not interested. These sorts of users generally
aren't interested in fancy accelerated graphics for games, or fancy
positional sound either. They just want a machine to do the basics.
Email. Websurf. IRC. Chat to friends. Listen to some music here and
there etc.
Dave
--
"It takes a special kind of genius to be able to tell someone to go to
hell in such a way as they end up thinking you wished them a pleasant
journey."
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