Re: New user ...opinion.

["A Palsson" <ampalsson ozemail com au>]

Very true, but the beauty of Linux is the selection of "interfaces", or the
capability to change them as you go.
Also the fact that there are Slackware, Debian and these other packages out
there where you may or may not wish to extend to your liking


----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Tackaberry <tack@dok.org>
To: A Palsson <ampalsson@ozemail.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: New user ...opinion.


> > Just as a suggestion, since "ease-of-use" is a big factor in user
acceptance
> > of new environments and Linux/Gnome is anything but an easy thing to set
up
> > and configure for the average "newbie", with all the compiles /
configures /
> > makes and "make installs" what about developing some easier method to
> > install the thing.
>
> This is a common point that people raise.  However, it isn't really
expected
> that a new user should have to install Gnome in his own.  After all, when
you
> install Windows or OS/2, do you have to manually install the GUI
afterwards?
> For the users who want to install-and-go, they should use distributions
like
> RedHat 6.0 which come with Gnome prepackaged and ready to go.  Installing
Gnome
> just doesn't get simpler than that.
>
> Cheers,
> Jason.
>