[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> IOW: all this is assumed to be >> common *n*x knowledge. > > Both GNOME and KDE put Windows to shame. An old Windows guy, like me, > can just start using either one without needing 'common *n*x > knowledge.'
Err... Ever tried to compile them from sources ?-) > Too bad the *n*x community isn't more welcoming to > outsiders. C'mon, Martin, be serious. Compiling softwares from sources requires at least some minimal 'insider' knowledge *whatever the platform*. You can't seriously hope each and every source distrib to provide newbie-oriented doc for what's obviously a power-user operation. Or do you imply that there should be Windows installations instructions explaining the concepts of window, mouse, etc ? FWIW, I haven't seen so far any source distrib of any software targeting the Windows platform that didn't assume some 'common Windows knowledge'. You label yourself as "an old Windows guy". This means you have a good knowledge of this platform. How long did it take to gain this knowledge ? More than a couple weeks, I bet ? FWIW, "a couple weeks" is the time it took me - coming from Mac then Windows - to be able to compile Python (or almost any other software) from sources on linux - and most of this time was spent solving dependancies issues badly managed by the particular distro I was using by that time, which wasn't the more standard nor documented one. So, here's the basic scheme: - download the source tarball, preferably in /usr/local/src - unpack it - cd into the unpacked source directory - *carefully* read the README, INSTALL and other relevant docs - run ./configure with the relevant options - run make - run make install Wasn't too hard, was it ?-) And before you say it: yes indeed, it assumes you know how to use the command line, navigate your filesystem, copy/move things around, unpack an archive, read a text file etc... IOW, some more 'common *n*x knowledge' that you just can't hope to avoid learning if you want to properly use a *n*x system. Sorry. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
