On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:18 am, Doug McGarrett wrote:
The Linux developers have realized that the computing community has standardized on a particular GUI, which can be fiddled with, but not really changed. Just like the dashboard on a car, or the controls on a clothes dryer. There's nothing wrong with the M/S Windows GUI. It can be tinkered with, but time has shown that people are satisfied with it. I am. I am disappointed when something says "May I?" after telling the machine to print, or whatever, but that's a minor glitch. Those who would rather not see a Windows-like GUI have alternatives, which have not been very popular, AFAICT. How many questions or notes on the other X-windows GUI's have you seen on this list? The tremendous groundswell against GNOME tells you that the KDE clone of the Windows GUI is what everyone out there wants. And if Linux is ever to become a desktop system, it will have to have the same dashboard, the same shift pattern, as Windows.
Unfortunately, this IS true. Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com