On 11-12-05 09:49 AM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
I do not believe that a Linux based desktop is any harder for the
average person to use. I have been messing with family and friends
for years (my Dad's laptop dual booted and he really had no idea which
operating system he was using). I really did me
I do not believe that a Linux based desktop is any harder for the
average person to use. I have been messing with family and friends
for years (my Dad's laptop dual booted and he really had no idea which
operating system he was using). I really did mean that desktop Linux
for the regular user has
On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 17:35 -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote:
> Desktop for Linux has been here for a decade.
I was not really talking about the Linux desk top as much as the Whole
Linux/FOSS "user_experience" period.
Yes I know we have been using it for about ten years, but we are the
exception not
Most people don't actually care about local vs remote as long as it
does what they want. This is all just plumbing. You push a button
and it does what you want. The principle of TANSTAAFL means to me
that there will never be a single thing or a single way of doing
things. There are too many inh
That was an interesting video.
How far in the future is this happening?
How far will this go? Won't people want to work on files on their
computer without being connected to the internet, especially if
that wasn't convenient or for personal documents.
On Thursday 01 December 2011 10:42:53 am Sha
On 11-11-30 05:35 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
Anyway, the whole debate is moot as the desktop is dead. I do not
mean extinct but it is becoming irrelevant from a consumer point of
view. I suspect the modern desktop is going to live on as a niche
that is outside the mainstream consciousness.
you
I agree. We are moving into a world of the command line. By this I mean if we
look at voice communicatiosn which is what the human race normally uses then it
is like the command line. It is question and answer. Look at a high school
girl and her eyes to me look like C:>
So the desktop is mo
Desktop for Linux has been here for a decade. It does not count
because most people are not even aware of an Operating System, much
less do they care.
I am not sold on the idea that a Linux desktop is any harder than one
of the others. The people who find it hard are the so called power
users.
On 11/23/2011 10:41 PM, Mel Walters wrote:
-- Linux and Free& Open Source Software On the Desk top
I hear discussions and claims on both sides.
1/ The Desk Top is here for Linux.
2/ No it does not count because it is still too difficult to keep up for
the average user.
I am of the opinion that
Anand Singh said the following on 11/24/2011 1:05 AM:
Choice #3. The Linux desktop was here, but was subsequently rescinded
because it offered functionality not required by below average users.
Honestly, was a minimize button so confusing to most people that it
needed to be removed (Gnome 3)? Wa
Choice #3.
The Linux desktop was here, but was subsequently rescinded because it offered
functionality not required by below average users. Honestly, was a minimize
button so confusing to most people that it needed to be removed (Gnome 3)? Was
the concept of desktop icons so confusing that it
-- Linux and Free & Open Source Software On the Desk top
I hear discussions and claims on both sides.
1/ The Desk Top is here for Linux.
2/ No it does not count because it is still too difficult to keep up for
the average user.
I am of the opinion that it takes time, effort and dedication to
succ
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