On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:40:45 -0700 Dylan McCall <dylanmcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > To be serious, I don't like this kind of forcing one's own view of > > usability onto the users. GNU/Linux is all about free customization. > > Give the user your preferred applications, but let him choose what > > he/she wants to use. > > GNU/Linux is absolutely not “about” anything, especially not free > customization at runtime. Then we both have very different views about GNU/Linux. > Look at the mobile phone space. We have stuff like WebOS and Maemo, Mobile phones are very different machines than pcs, you can't compare their interfaces that way. The GNU/Linux desktop user is accustomed to change his user interface at runtime to his or her likings. I too, like Anzan, do not want some kind of Mac'ish closeness in Ubuntu, the "free" and "intuitive" operating system (ubuntu.com). The source is open, so should be the interface. Ciao V. -- "After you experience Kubuntu, the world of your old OS will look increasingly bad, increasingly archaic, and a environment that makes living life hard." -- The Times of India, 30th June 2007
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