[Glastonbury] Newbie to Glastonbury LUG / GUI

[d.hopkins]

Also meant to say

after using LINUX, Windoze looks so dull and utilitarian. LINUX GUI are so
much more fun friendly and ... nice (?!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "d.hopkins" <starline.design at ukonline.co.uk>
To: "The Linux User Group of Glastonbury (LUGOG)"
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Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Glastonbury] Newbie to Glastonbury LUG / GUI


> Just a quick response -
> from my perspective i need the GUI aspect of Linux because i know
virtually
> nothing about using shells and command lines. Only got into computers a
fews
> years ago and so initial learning was thru windows desktop interfaces, as
> most techno newbies do. Still use it (i say this then hide quickly behind
a
> handy nearby wall!).
>
> Deep respect to all the folks who can work without GUI, its giving me a
> truer understanding of what the technology is. Anyway - i've a few friends
> who aren't computer orientated and getiing onto the internet and typing in
> an URl is a major breakthrough for them (ah i remember those days) so
> installing an OS is not next on the list of things to do.
>
> Have been mulling over this idea - there's a lot of criticism that apps
like
> Mandrake (which i use) and others look too much like Windows. There are
> perhaps several reasons for this - 1. It allows users to move over to
LINUX
> and start using it quicker, because it functions in similar ways to
Windoze.
> This has to be kept in mind when appealing to 'the mass market'...
certainly
> appealed to me.
>
> But perhaps 2 - the layout and interaction of a GUI desktop is logical.
Its
> like having paper and notepads spread out on a tabletop
> in a way that makes it easy to organize and get things done. Sure i'd be
> into circular desktops and monitors and i know that certainly in the late
> 90s certain m,ethods of displaying and accessing information in different
3D
> layouts was being explored. But in the end probably the GUI layout is the
> most logical and usable way of interfacing with information, data and
> applications for most people.
>
> Anyway that'll do for me.
>
> I guess that as the cold north winds blow through the autumn days, flames
> help to keep us warm
>
> (pro-gooey)
>
>
> > All of the Lindows / Libranet / Mandrake / SUSE / RH could appeal to the
> > mass market - but the mass market is not necessarily computer literate.
> >
> > There are millions of computers out there running Windows.  Many people
> > have trouble setting up an internet connection even when it's a case
> > of putting in an install disk.
>
>
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