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quote:Originally posted by PANiC:
With all this talk of making Linux "idiot proof" etc. I think that should not be the goal.  The aim should be to make a usable, logical, well-organised, integrated, complete (you get the message) environment that a newbie, a pro, an average user could use.  And all this "it must look like windows" I don't like that either.  In fact if I go to Linux and see an obvious windows clone (like KDE) I'll be disappointed.  Mac is different (as seen on ads), BeOS was different, but that doesn't mean I won't like them or couldn't use them.  A bit of copying *ok*, when the exercise is to create a clone *why bother*.  Why use a clone of windows when you can just use the real thing?

And jeez, how sloppily some so-called "desktop" distributions are put together, and then you use the programs and find the GUI text is full of typos, poorly constructed sentences and misspellings.  And the missing software.  I'd like to set up a dial-up account oh yea go to bash shell root vi /etc/ppp.00da ... hmh?  Why isn't it printing this text?   Ahhh...  Or how about changing the resolution... /etc/X11/xf86.. oops, the GUI doesn't start up anymore....

Then try installing some software for Linux.  No I didn't say Red Hat or Debian, Linux.  Oh yea, there's no standard installer, let's compile from source.... what a pain!!  Y'no I think source installation might be the way forward but we need alternatives to GNU make, so that there is a definate procedure for compiling, and copying, and installing and integrating.

Sorry if I'm just bashing the Linux desktop here but I'm telling it like it is and I think it needs to be said.  A newbie would put it in harsher language..  I'm just venting some frustration on using Linux here


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You people anger me. When is the last time you installed Linux and what distro did you use? because I just installed redhat 9 two days ago and if I want to change the resolution I go to Redhat menu->System Settings->Display. As for standard installer? RPM *is* the standard Linux installation system, according to the Linux Standards Base. There are plenty of RPM repositories, there are dependency add ons such as URPMI and Apt4Rpm which make everything you said about compiling software absolutely useless. If the vendor of the application does not release RPMs it is *not* the Linux distro's fault! You should talk to the vendor, not Redhat or Mandrake or whatever. I don't want my KDE to look like Windows, and it DOESN'T. I USE SLICKER. If you want it to look like something else, just rearrange your panel and choose a different style engine. You can make it look like anything you want, as can distro makers, so if they want to offer a new fresh look, all they must do is default the settings to their style and panel settings. I don't mean to be mean but I hate it when people come in and tell me Linux is hard to install and installing software is hard BECAUSE IT'S NOT. If you've found a problem relating to your installation of Redhat/Mandrake/Slackware etc just send a bug report to the distro maker! Because it works for the rest of us!

Not only are you bashing Linux distributions, but you are bashing Linux distributions without even looking at them. You people and your stereotyped views about Linux doesn't help Linux get adopted by home users did you know that?

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