Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1639 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 02 March 2009 09:18:41 am Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> Michael S. Dunsavage skrev:
> > On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 09:00 +0100, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
> > > just give him the name of the app to install,
> > > that's all that is needed. Don't even try that in SuSE.
> >
> > Why can't you do that in Yast? I just search for what I want. Or better
> > yet, I go to http://software.opensuse.org/search and can find a 1 click
> > install of most packages I want.
>
> Hi,
>
> - I can do it in YaST. I find YaST excellent, I like the idea of
> selecting repos and all. I even more like the idea of one-click-install.
> To/for me it works rather fine.
>
> - but for the oddest reasons, the averae non-tech user can't...
> - it irritates me beyond, believe me. But that's what I experience.

It is. 

Problem is that more than 90% never reinstalled OS, even if that means drop 
recovery DVD in a tray and answer 2-3 scary questions. While questions are 
fair warnings, to inexperienced they sound like "computer is going to be 
burned to the ashes" if you answer with yes. Most that I know need only one 
time hand holding, but that is what is missing, and it is actually not Linux 
related. 


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Regards, Rajko
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