From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 20 4:37: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B2937B405 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 04:36:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAKCadw98094; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:36:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:36:39 -0500 From: Michael Lucas To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Kris Kennaway , Steve Brown , Chip , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <20011120073639.B97990@blackhelicopters.org> References: <3BF9B12B.3D521A4D@nycap.rr.com> <0111191831240Q.60958@chip.wiegand.org> <20011119220243.A268@prayforwind.com> <009a01c171a9$4eedbee0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120023948.A92409@xor.obsecurity.org> <00df01c171b0$2a938be0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120024747.A92560@xor.obsecurity.org> <012501c171b5$dcd9b900$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <012501c171b5$dcd9b900$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@atkielski.com on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:23:46PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:23:46PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Kris writes: > > > I don't know what you mean by "functional and > > ergonomic equivalent of Microsoft Windows". > > I mean something that does everything that Microsoft Windows does, with the same > ease of use. Both of these are requirements for any environment advocated as an > alternative to Microsoft Windows for the average, non-geek user. I haven't touched a Windows system in close to a year now, but I find WindowMaker and wmakerconf to be simple enough that my wife (a non-technical person) can use them. -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message