Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:49:13 +0200
Martin Jungowski <jungowsk@in.tum.de> wrote:
> 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
>
Just get Libranet 2.8.1 at http://www.libranet.com
It has the latest version of Open Office on it which will give him all
he needs.
Regards,
David.
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