24 Apr
2008
24 Apr
'08
17:42
Sid Boyce schreef: > > There will always be "The problem" for the "new user", the new user > who doesn't know or hasn't got herself familiar with what a GNOME or a > KDE is. Nail on head. That is why it is important to know, as new user, that they can be installed both, without have to reinstall, persee. My experience is, that after a few days, most likely a reinstall happens, because the inconveniences show only after installing, and using the system. And that is not a big deal, because you get familiar with the os, and the methods used, this way, and you are not (yet) attached to it, so not a difficult decision.. > I don't see how we fix that, see above.. > other than eliminating choice, something that the many reviewers > recommend constantly - > new users are supposed to be pretty stupid, They are not stupid, they are used to a system that is closed on the outside... ;) > easily confused, horrified at the amount of disk space and memory > called for and frightened away from Linux in general and openSUSE in > particular. I would not dare to say that... > > I can also sympathise with Zonker's annoyance, encountered the same > situation up to yesterday and countless times in the past, needing as > usual to install GNOME, KDE3 and KDE4, but I always find a way of > doing it and give that to anyone who needs it. > > I can't see a "BEST" way and doubt there is one that will meet > everyone's idea of what best is. Best is, take a way fear, and confusion, by being clear about things concerning the 'new user': 1) They are attached to their other os, and don't want to harm it, until they are sure, the new one is better. 2) They have to 'trust' the new OS, this means: the new os must show, that it knows there is/are other os on the drive/s, and best what they are by name. 3) They must know that there *cannot* be made a 'wrong' choice, because other 'DE's, or windowmanagers can be installed, without reinstalling the whole system. (that they want to do it themselves lateron, is not important at this time... > > > Regards > Sid. -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.25-rc8-12-default x86_64 Current user: oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1 System: openSUSE 11.0 (x86_64) Alpha3 KDE: 4.00.68 (KDE 4.0.68 >= 20080402) "release 6.4" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org