Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3605 mails)

["Fred A. Miller" <fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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