____/ High Plains Thumper on Monday 22 October 2007 12:53 : \____
> [H]omer wrote:
>> Handover Phist spake thusly:
>>> Erik Funkenbusch schreef:
>>>
>>>> I'm really not sure what your point was. Saying you can
>>>> make the desktop *LOOK* like vista or osx or whatever is
>>>> pointless if it doesn't *ACT* like said desktop. And
>>>> every attempt i've seen to make Linux look like any other
>>>> desktop hasn't been accurate enough to fool even a casual
>>>> user.
>>>
>>> Several years ago I ran an Internet cafe that had a few
>>> Linux desktop system among the Windows systems. I made them
>>> look and act windowsy enough that many folks sat down and
>>> used the computers without ever questioning which operating
>>> system they were using. This was back in '03, so I think
>>> nowadays the same thing could be achieved even easier.
>>
>> Yes, the point that Fuddy fails to grasp is that /some/ people
>> make a big deal over how apparently beautiful Vista looks (I
>> don't agree though), but ignore the fact that GNU/Linux can be
>> made to look virtually identical. The fact that it may or may
>> not be an exact clone, or how the underlying OS actually
>> works, is irrelevant from the POV of those who make such a big
>> deal out of /appearances/.
>>
>> WRT how the underlying OS /works/, well no - GNU/Linux is
>> /not/ Vista ... much to the relief of GNU/Linux users, no
>> doubt.
>
> My kids were weaned on SuSE 6.4. My then 7 YO daughter and 12 YO
> son had a blast with playing games in Linux. For my daughter,
> there are plenty of children's games to entertain, sound and all.
> With my son, Loki Games games ported from Windows were much
> smoother in video action and did not crash (in contrast to
> Windows 98). Just as one IT school administrator stated, it took
> the students about 10 minutes to get acquainted with Linux.
>
> KDE is very windows like and Gnome is easily navigated also. Add
> Beryl and now we have 3D desktop without bloat. It works
> beautifully.
These kids are lucky to have been raised in a family where they get valuable
computing skills. They won't become typists and boot booters and their skills
will not revolve around AV software. Sadly, they won't have many coffee breaks
either. The PC will always be there in front of them, working uninterruptedly
for months.
/partly sarcastic, of course.
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