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psyjax:
Maybe in buisness. But I don't think the change would occur overnight.

The Linux desktop has to get to the point were it's as usable as windoze or the MacOS (namely OS X).

The common user simply can't be expected to learn the nuances of the command prompt or the complex structure of *NIX.

But perhapse if such a change occurs, it will speed the development of thinks like KDE, which have been progressing by leaps and bounds and become more fully-fetured GUI-OS's with each new release.

Interscope:
Why aren't companies following Epics Example? They hired Loki Games to make a version of UT for Linux, which is very simple to install. As simple as installing UT in Windoze. You just type a command in the shell, choose where you want it to install, wait and you're done. It's also much faster than the Windoze version(Same speed on a Linuxed P166 64mbram S3 vision 968 as on a Windozed PII350 128mbram i740)

gnomez:
KDE 3.0 is, for me, extremely user friendly, but I see what you mean.  Linux for instance has a daunting amount of config programs that should be condensed and have redundency eliminated.  However, command prompt usage is quickly becoming something easy to avoid.  In fact, in SuSE Linux 8.0 I haven't needed the command prompt for anything, although I use it sometimes because it is and always will be the fastest way to perform certain tasks.  I have to say Yast2 and the improved KDE control panel make gui-configuring very easy for the most part!

Edit: Besides, at the rate Linux is improving on the desktop in terms of functionality and ease of use, I wouldn't be surprised if it became "Homer Simpson-proof" within a year or so.  Anyway, Linux may always be for more technical people since it IS designed by geeks.   ;)   Mac OS X may always be the more user-friendly version of UNIX but that doesn't mean they can't coexist perfectly well!  At least Linux doesn't pretend to be easier to use like Winblows XP, the likes of which made me pull my hair out trying to set up a simple network, when Linux allowed me to configure it easily during installation.

[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: Garden GNOME ]

voidmain:
Don't you go messin' with my config files!!! That's what ELX Linux is for, registry and all. You can have it. If RedHat and Debian ever take this route I'm switching to Windows!

[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

gnomez:
That's what's so great about Linux... there are easy to use distributions for newbies and there are advanced versions for hackers and tweakers.  I don't expect or want Debian or Red Hat to change their ways; I think there should always be more advanced distributions for people to move to. (unlike XP, where the pro version is just as dumbed down as the home version)

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