From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17501 invoked by uid 1002); 14 Aug 2003 11:46:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 9952 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2003 11:46:33 -0000 From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:46:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <200308131844.24013.lanius@gentoo.org> <200308141102.32504.aoyu93@dsl.pipex.com> <200308141434.31015.svyatogor@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200308141434.31015.svyatogor@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_Xa3O/n6gbpKgpoT"; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200308141346.32002.pauldv@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Menu - Some Comments X-Archives-Salt: 2fe43a54-38a3-40a2-be33-caf13b4f6014 X-Archives-Hash: b10491fc60caffd22063f8e2531c2b25 --Boundary-02=_Xa3O/n6gbpKgpoT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 14 August 2003 13:34, Svyatogor wrote: > This is common missunderstanding of Linux which I believe is the main > reason, why Linux is mooving so slowly in Desktop World. The main power of > Linux is the fact that it provides choice. If you're an experienced user - > go on open vi and edit all configs manually to get most out of your syste= m. > But *don't* expect this from novice users. If we want Linux to become a > real alternative on desktop systems we have to make it as easy to use as > possible, and not tell people: "Our system is very good and advanced, but > you need to have at least Master Degree to use it". > > P.S. Please don't tell me that Gentoo is for Intermidiate to Advanced use= rs > - I don't believe in this. Well, I have a master degree, and consider myself to be an advanced user, b= ut=20 I do like a good automated menu system. I mean, it is easy to have X=20 applications available in the menu whichever windowmanager you use. Menu=20 editors are for customizations, IMHO not for adding all personal applicatio= ns=20 when that could well have been done automatically. Paul =2D-=20 Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net --Boundary-02=_Xa3O/n6gbpKgpoT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/O3aXbKx5DBjWFdsRAiF8AJ9siK6A74jKoupx2V/zt+NYNIMzFACZAccB sx1SzrotJyTjupmrRYfnIZ8= =xlZk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_Xa3O/n6gbpKgpoT--