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Re: Linux and Windows Under Pressure
by Saint on Tuesday May 30, 2000 @ 09:41 AM
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| Thanks, good thoughts. I was wondering about putting the Network
Neighborhood comment into the article, because I figured there was one for
Linux somewhere. I put it in because it wasn't obvious to me with many
years of computer experience that it had a GUIable equivalent. It was a
revelation to me to work with fairly intelligent people in Guatemala that
they didn't know how to put a file onto a floppy and put it onto another
machine. Therefore, I put it as a negative for Redhat Linux because it
didn't seem readily available to the average joe without hack skills.
Thanks again, -- IV |
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Re: Linux and Windows Under Pressure
by Michal on Tuesday May 30, 2000 @ 09:43 AM
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> I put it in because it wasn't obvious to me with many
> years of computer experience that it had a GUIable equivalent.
That is why exist places like freshmeat.net, rpmfind.net,
www.tuxfinder.net or, last but not least, google.com. This list
is far from exhaustive.
> It was a
> revelation to me to work with fairly intelligent people in Guatemala that
> they didn't know how to put a file onto a floppy and put it onto another
> machine.
GUI does not help very much in such case. :-) People simiply have to
learn how to use a new tool. Did you ever try to operate, say, a lathe
without seeing such machine first? It is not THAT complicated.
Actually IMO opinion and experience GUI is highly overrated (and,
contrary to what various "GUI gurus" would claim, deeply dependent on a
cultural context which does not have to be the same for everybody).
Ever thought why we have moved from Egyptian hieroglyphs to modern
scripts? GUI undoubtely has some uses, as pictorial signs on restrooms
doors are useful even if also not a context free, but even people with an
average inteligence can operate from a command line as well once they
overcome an initial fear, instilled mostly by marketdroids propaganda,
that this is for "gurus only". And there are always cases like my wife. :-)
She is most of the time mildly confused by any GUI; does not matter
how many times I have shown her things. Beeing a university professor
she is not likely to be a totally stupid.
> Therefore, I put it as a negative for Redhat Linux because it
> didn't seem readily available to the average joe without hack skills.
As you see above I totally disagree that "hack skills" are of any
relevance at this point. "Some skills" is not the same thing.
Take care,
Michal
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