Re: Desktop Linux -- Linux lost

2002-07-21 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Orna Agmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Linux is complicated, becasue you compile. Corollary: Windows is simple because no compiler comes with the system... -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "IBM is a pretty big company." [W. Gates] =

Re: Desktop Linux -- Linux lost

2002-07-21 Thread Gabor Szabo
On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Oron Peled wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:51:09 +0300 (IDT) Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > The user can be newbie and technophibic, as long as there is a NextDoorKid > > who can install the system and can drop by and help once in a while (isn't > > it the sam

Re: Desktop Linux -- Linux lost

2002-07-21 Thread Arie Folger
On Saturday 20 July 2002 16:17, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > Ignoring hebrew support, there are no missing applications for most > computer users. No? How about encyclopedias, design your dream house, geographic maps, travel planning, bookshelfs, etc.? You know, the kind of software you can buy in the

Re: Desktop Linux -- Linux lost

2002-07-21 Thread Oron Peled
On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:51:09 +0300 (IDT) Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The user can be newbie and technophibic, as long as there is a NextDoorKid > who can install the system and can drop by and help once in a while (isn't > it the same with windows users?). It's exactly the same sit

Re: Desktop Linux -- Linux lost

2002-07-21 Thread Moshe Zadka
On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, "Eliran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Still people need some sort of help in installing linux until someone will > come up with a solution > that will make the installation more "user-friendly" (yes, yes...). 'till > then, Linux is still not for the > faint of heart... Aaarr