[CLUE-Tech] Mandrake 8.0 or SuSE 7.1?

[Brandon N]

The point of Linux is that you have a choice.  You can have it as
advanced and geek-friendly or (eventually) as user friendly as you like
it.  I'm currently setting my grandmother up on a linux system because
I don't want to hassle with windows every time she breaks it, or
something gets corrupted.  With linux, you don't have to have automatic
configuration utilities, but for some they are nice.  If you really
want, you can build the system completely from scratch, and you'll
always have that option.

-- Brandon
--- Nicholas Perez <Nicholas_Perez at excite.com> wrote:
> RANT_MODE=1;
> Maybe it is just me, but why on earth should linux attempt to become
> user
> friendly? Why should Linux become a Redmond-esque clone, trying to
> immitate
> the ui? Personally, I like Linux at the level it is at. Sure it's no
> OpenBSD
> when it comes to installation(thank god, because that is a
> nightmare). But I
> don't want flashy desktops filled to the brim with pointy-clicky
> icons with
> all sorts of frill and lace and cpu cycle eating, mem hogging
> "desktop" apps
> and "docking bars". If you are unable to navigate through a *nix
> system
> without a mouse and icons, if you are unable to hand edit config
> files, read
> the right man pages to accomplish the right tasks, figure out and
> solve
> problems on your own then you need to go back to windows/mac. I for
> one am
> seriously scared of automagical configurators and so should you. I
> don't see
> *nix going to the common man anytime soon. Let Microserfs and Apple
> handle
> "user friendliness". Because *nix is user friendly, it just tends to
> be
> choosy about its friends.
> RANT_MODE=0;


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