On Monday 08 December 2014 20:46:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > Bret Busby 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.or > >>g]> > >> > >>> 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?" > > *NO* ! > I was asking a question which has a statistical answer.
Nonsense! Is this supposed to be a statistical survey to give a statistical answer? (See above.) If so, how have you randomised it? The Debian list strikes me as a very specialist non-random group. We can't possibly give you a statistically useful answer. Bret's Plato quotation is very apt. What do you mean by typical and normal?? And how do you expect to get the answer from so non-random a group? Lisi > > Whether the OS be Windows, Linux, OSX, RSX11-M is irrelevant. > How are home computers used? > NOT what is the OS. -- 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/201412090947.53075.lisi.re...@gmail.com
