In a previous message, Derek Fountain wrote:
Wait until she gets going and notices the different looking applications (KDE vs GNOME vs OO, etc.),
Mostly soluble by using metathemes such as Keramik/Geramik or QtCurve. All Gtk and Qt apps then have the same appearance. As for OOo, and mozilla and any other skinnable app, that's going to be the same in Windows in all likelihood.
lack of sensible drag and drop behaviour across applications,
? Windows has very poor D&D. Linux isn't always better, but the middle-click paste is universal and far more flexible than Windows.
Linux on the desktop is just about ready for engineers who know what they're doing, or people who have a limited set of requirements needed to fulfill a predictable set of tasks.
That's a little harsh - I don't fall into either group and yet SuSE is perfect for me. I am a self-employed editor, using my computer heavily for web, MSWord, email and many other things that aren't "a predictable set". But I agree that linux isn't really ready for Joe User yet. But in a corporate setting where people are used to being unable to change settings anyway, it's easily equal to Windows for the users. Provided their hardware is up to it - but then, the same is true of Windows, too! As a suggestion to the original poster, try a different WM or desktop. I'd recommend Rox (http://rox.sourceforge.net/). It's modular, slimline and vey capable. I use the Rox filer on my Gnome desktop, because it's faster and easier to use than Nautilus, but it also has a full desktop environment available. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!