Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 02:31, Tom wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 11:19:06AM +1200, Edward Murrell wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > A friend of mine has had Windows installed for over a year. He's getting
> > somewhat sick of it due to the recent spate of virus and spyware that's
> > rendered his machine unusable. He's asked me to reinstall Windows, and
> > Linux in a dual boot configuration.
> >
>
> IMHO don't try to emulate Windows: your solution will always seem
> inferior by comparison.
>
> I don't have a KDE or Gnome environment; I have a killer QT3 and GTK2
> environment managed by Fluxbox, plus Moz Firebird from source. There's
> other apps that "round it out" like XMMS, Mplayer, OpenOffice, abcde,
> &c.; it takes about a month and a couple dozen "false starts" to learn
> what that list is for you!
>
Yes, that may seem for you. But Joe Average needs a desktop environment
that is easy to use albeit powerful enough for him. The problem is that
geeks/power users can never think the way beginners do, they see things
from totally different angles.
Your environment might be ok for you and maybe a dozen other power
users. But it will definitely not be ok for Mr. Average who's looking
for a Windows replacement OS.
Martin
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