Good point, maybe I'm in the minority of Debian users as I'm not a programmer. Anywho, I'm just trying to make the Linux desktop environment as comfortable for my friends as possible, and they've already used my Clearlooks desktop so I try and keep their setup the same.
When I feel adventurous one weekend I'll try a Debian install without the desktop environment. I think this email list is filled with people very comfortable using no desktop environment, but for those of us raised on Windoze it takes some time to transition over. :) Mark On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Michael Pobega <pob...@fuzzydev.org>wrote: > On 0, Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If it's any consolation, I'm a newbie and I actually chose Debian as my > first > > real Linux install even though I heard it was tougher for newbies to > learn.� > > To me it represented one of the purest distros of Linux and I don't mind > > putting in the time/research.� A few days ago I installed Ubuntu on the > > girlfriend's laptop and my (admittedly very limited) Debian knowledge > came in > > handy.� I even chose "Clearlooks" under Preferences->Appearance for her > > laptop, so that she gets accustomed to a standard Debian Gnome desktop > > environment as it is my plan to eventually get her over to Debian.� > Muahahaha > > (evil laugh). > > > > Mark > > > > It's not really tougher, it just takes more time to make work. Which isn't > necessarily a bad thing (the end user has a lot more say in how his system > works). But really, what does Clearlooks have to do with Debian's user > friendliness? I don't even think most Debian users use GNOME -- I know I > don't. > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [8]debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [9]listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:javibarr...@gmail.com > > 2. mailto:pob...@fuzzydev.org > > 3. mailto:javibarr...@gmail.com > > 4. mailto:tim.beaureg...@sky.com > > 5. http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/about > > 6. http://ubuntuforums.org/ > > 7. http://linuxquestion.org/ > > 8. mailto:debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > 9. mailto:listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- > http://fuzzydev.org/~pobega<http://fuzzydev.org/%7Epobega> > http://identi.ca/pobega > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
