__/ [ Ian Semmel ] on Thursday 23 March 2006 05:33 \__
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:08:56 +1000, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3703/0/
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>> | - Tomboy, an easy-to-use and efficient note-taking tool;
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>> | - F-Spot an easy to use digital photograph manager;
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>> | - Improved power management with GNOME Power Manager;
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>> | - Support for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chipsets, currently used
>> | in Apple computers;
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>> | [...]
>> |
>> `----
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> "User-friendly?"
>
> This is going to pose a conundrum for the "we don't want no stinkin' gui"
> crowd who have criticized those who have advocated this for linux.
>
> I mean, some of those dumbass windows users might start using linux.
>
> We couldn't have that now, could we.
I think that a statement like "We promise user-friendly feel" entails a false
implication which is "Linux is not yet user-friendly yet". For that I am not
too keen on Red Hat's 'promise'. It is of course utter BS.
Is Ubuntu, for instance, not user-friendly? 10-minute installation with
Wi-Fi, Ethernet, video card probing and plenty of software not good enough?
A fully-automated patching with a simplified GNOME UI? What else can one ask
for?
Best wishes,
Roy
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