From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 20 16:41:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atkielski.com (atkielski.com [161.58.232.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFF6F37B405; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:41:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by atkielski.com (8.11.6) id fAL0ffx26845; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 01:41:41 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <01a001c17225$49f23110$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Greg Lehey" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" References: <20011120114236.GA76431@rhadamanth> <005f01c171bf$c4d06b10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <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> <20011121103233.K76318@monorchid.lemis.com> Subject: Re: home pc use Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 01:41:32 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 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 Greg writes: > Are you planning to use only the console > interface? For the time being, yes. I haven't actually figured out what I'd do with a GUI, since I don't have much in the way of GUI-based applications on the machine. > All at the same time? Usually a couple at one time are open. Many I use on a more or less daily basis. > Obviously if you're happy with Microsoft, there's > no reason to change. I'm not; the production desktop machine remains under Windows NT. I may eventually use the FreeBSD system for production, once I'm satisfied with the configuration and backup plans, but the Windows machine will remain in any case. > The fifth machine runs Microsoft. I am required > to use it for my work. Yup. Most of us are. > Why would I want this? Because you need it for work. > There aren't too many operating systems I haven't > used. Then you agree with me. > Under these circumstances, I'm surprised that > you even try something else. Why? I'm always open to new things. But note that I _added_ a machine to run FreeBSD. I did not replace the Windows machine. I couldn't replace it even if I wanted to. > But note that the average user is also very > badly educated about computers. The average user has a life outside computers, and so he probably doesn't care whether he is educated or not. A computer to him is just an appliance, like a washing machine. > When that changes, software will get better > than the current Microsoft junk. It isn't going to change. In fact, the trend will be in the opposite direction: more and more end users knowing less and less. > You're certainly in a minority there. On this list, perhaps. Not in the world at large. In fact, for a great many people, computer = Windows. > Having said that, I hate KDE. It tries to look > too much like Microsoft, which I think is the > wrong paradigm. Okay, so what do you suggest? Something with clean and simple graphics. > Oh yes, she has Microsoft on her laptop too. > She hardly uses it. What type of education does she have, and what is her line of work? > Default window manager? There isn't one. Well, something was there when I typed startx, before installing KDE. It was pretty primitive. > No, you should learn to use it to its best > advantage. I agree. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message