[Mailinglist] Why Desktop Linux Will Not Take off, and Why You Don't Want It to

[Mahesh Aravind]

Anirudh,
> > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=15811
> 
> Is it really that difficult to bring the "geeky" features and the
> "dumber" features together into the same system? Some of the stuff we
> use in the Free World have way better GUI and are easier to use than
> their counterparts in the proprietary world. We could always have
> geeky back ends and cool front ends.
> 
> ~~~~Anirudh

Of course not.  But if we're going to implement the "World Domination" plan now
(or in the furuture), we've to keep in mind what the non-geeky sort expects.

I personally have had a diffucult time explaining how easy it is to switch to
GNOME (or KDE) or how far easier it is to use (than Windoze).

They *still* think *nix (esp. Linux) GUIs are designed for geeks.

And moreover, /I/ personally want all those non-geeky (read: technically
inadept) types in the GNU/Linux world.  They spoil all teh fun we have.

Stupidity is not a substitute for incompetence...

-- maravind


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("Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.")
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