Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 01:41:32 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <01a001c17225$49f23110$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20011120114236.GA76431@rhadamanth> <005f01c171bf$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>
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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
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