Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Thursday 25 December 2008 17:06, Per Inge Oestmoen wrote:
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Yes, it is a loser's game, because Microsoft and Apple specialize in dumbness and limited functionality and have no impulse to give users maximum functions and choice.
This is a grotesque misunderstanding of what these firms do. It is akin to saying that the introduction of the electrical starter for the internal combustion engine catered only to those too weak to manually crank their car's engines into operation.
The very sad truth is that today's computers are abysmally arcane and hostile to those they purport to serve. Sure, if you're sufficiently versed in information technology, you can make sense of their behavior (let's say, at least 2/3 of the time) and mostly adequately control their operation and bend it to your will.
But seriously, this is an absurd state of affairs. Implements should not demand of their users a complete understanding of everything that goes into their operation. It's as if you couldn't be expected to work a can opener unless you understood metallurgy!
If specialized training in computers is required to use them, then their creators (among which I must count myself) have _failed_! (Thus far...)
I'm not saying there shouldn't be easy desktops for the masses. Just don't take away the flexibility & function of KDE 3.x to do it. Perhaps the answer is to maintain 3.x and make 4 the "For Dummies" version. However, regardless of KDE 4, there are some real problems with OpenSUSE 11.1, such as the partitioner, Wake on Lan and others, that I will not be updating my systems and will revert one back to 11.0. I will leave one system as 11.1, even though I can't use XDMCP to reach it. My server can't run 11.1, so long as the WoL issue remains. I have filed it in Bugzilla, but there's been no response to it. As for the "For Dummies" desktop, take a look at what Asus provides in the Eee PC. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org