On 09/12/2014, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/12/2014, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: >> In a thread titled "Re: 9p/plumber to replace D-Bus?" >> berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> [https://lists.debian.org/3d6a00a1c8bddc88b517b4e19cc68...@neutralite.org]> >> >> >>> >>> Le 08.12.2014 14:18, Marty a écrit : >>>> [SNIP] >>>> Multi-seat PC and other >>>> anachronisms probably have to go away. >> >> Exactly what is meant by "Multi-seat PC"? >> I'm working on defining a heavily customized personal >> installation of Debian. One of the *STRONG* underlying >> assumptions is the the machine would only ever be used by a >> specific individual. One of the underlying motivations is >> personally understanding the the guts of Linux. >> >>> [snip] >>> >>> About anachronism... you should read about what is the minitel*, >>> and then, consider thinking about how most people uses their >>> computers ;) >>> >>> *: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel >>> >>> >> >> Is there any current survey of people actually use computers today? >> My personal usage would be email, web browsing, and some number >> crunching. I would explicitly avoid installing anything that >> would act as a server when connected to a network. >> >> > > I believe that an appropriate response to the question of the subject > field, is, to reword the quote from Plato's Phaedrus, to > "And, what is typical, and, what is not typical?" > > Similarly, "What is normal?" > > Do such concepts really exist, in the real world? > > Surely, as most people are different to each other, sowould their uses > and expectations of computers, be different, would they not? > > One site (/ household or other unit) may have a LANM, which involves a > gateway/firewall server, a mailserver, a print server, etc, and, > separate LAN nodes, another may have a similar LAN, but without one or > more of the servers, another may have a printer that has its own IP > address within the :LAN, acting as a network printer, rather than a > local printer, etc. > > Regrading the functionality of each particular computer, one computer > may be used for financial accounting for the household or individual, > and for office suite stuff, and for other uses; another may be > configured for vidoe calls, using something like Skype or WebRTC > stuff, etc, another may be configured (including the hardware > configuration) to be used for watching aerial television, another may > be used for running one version of one distribution of Linux, or > another version of the same distribution, or, a different distribution > of Linux, or another operating system, such as a BSD version of UNIX, > etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. > > Just because one person may decide that what that person does with a > computer, is "normal", and, "typical", does not mean that others would > so use their computers. > > And, apart from the aspect of "What is typical", what is a "home computer"? > > Is is a single computer for a whole household, so that the houshold > has only one computer, to be shared by all members of the household, > with only a single account, or, a computer with an account for each > user, or, a computer with a separate account for each role of each > user? Is a "home computer, a "desktop" computer, a "portable" > computer, a "laptop" computer, a "notebook" computer, a "tablet" > computer, or, a "games" computer, such as a nintendo 64 (once regarded > as the most powerfulcomputer likely to be found in a household), or, a > "smart phone", or, a "smart television", which, amongst other > applications, provides use as a termional to the World Wide Web? > > So, the answer here, is, Read the quotation in my signature". > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... >
Oh, and, from what I understand, unless the statistics have changed, regarding the " consider thinking about how most people uses their >>> computers ;) " from what I understand, "most people" who "use computers" do not use Linux as the operating system, and, most people who "use computers", do not know what is Linux. I could be wrong, but my understanding is that somewhere around 80-90% of people who "use computers", use operating systems other than Linux. Whether we like it or not, that is my understanding of "most people" who "use computers" - they probably believe that Linux is the name of some kind of cat or something. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8Oz9FO0QZqFsJ6_v=uGeJvLm6oPcE5p9=kgz6iydkz...@mail.gmail.com
