Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:49:59 -0700 (PDT) From: yuval levy <yuval_levy@yahoo.com> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: filesystems not properly unmounted [OT] Message-ID: <20050606154959.24403.qmail@web31006.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <42A4699F.8070209@incubus.de>
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--- Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> wrote: > Yuval Levy wrote: > > > Usability > > is a count on which FreeBSD has weaknesses, > > especially in the eye of the > > large segment of users who value a GUI, i.e. those > > coming from the Windows world. > > Maybe, but I only speak for myself, and not for that > large segment of > users who value a [Windows-style] GUI. It is the market share that speaks for the silent majority who values and uses such a GUI. > I always found X11 more useful > than Windows, if only because I could resize dialog > windows, something > that still doesn't seem to have made it into many > Windows programs. Agree that Windows has a lot of nuisances, besides, it always sticks in my face and interrupts me. Unfortunately most GUIs do, making multitasking a pain. I personally find the differences between the existing GUIs less important than the applications that run on them. I take whatever there is for a default, as 90% of the users do (according to usability lab results). So I use Windows, I use Gnome (at least I think this is the default of Fedora Core 3) and I sometimes use KDE (default of Knoppix?). I have heard of X11 but I do not know much about it. Is it the underlying layer to both Gnome and KDE? No offense meant, but the further away from the application, the least I know. I am a dummy by choice. Yuv __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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