On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:17:34PM -0700, Cliff Wells wrote: [...] > My concern is that people > will advocate Linux as having a faster desktop and then when people try > it (defaulting to GNOME, probably) they find this claim to seem false, > they will doubt other claims made by advocates (security, stability, > etc).
I see your point. On the other hand, there's also folks have older machines lying around (which might not be able to run the latest MS offering anymore) whom they might want to use to try Linux and I find it important to make clear that *yes*, you *can* run Linux on those boxes, even with a GUI. Of course, it will have to be made clear, that they can't expect the same feature set. [...] > In short, compare "typical" configurations, but make people aware that > there are alternatives that can affect performance. That's fair enough. [...] > I don't disagree. I simply take the position that claiming XFCE is > faster than Windows is pointless <wink> Depends on what the person asking for the comparison wants. That's why it's important to try and find out what people are doing with their machines before advocating anything... > We may just have to disagree on this. I don't know anybody running > anything besides KDE/GNOME (mailing list denizens aside. I'm referring > to people I actually know). Most distros make these the default and I > expect most people new to Linux will encounter these first (and perhaps > exclusively). Unfortunately, IMO, yes. The defaults are the first thing I ditch... ...but that's me... ;-) Cheerio, Thomas -- ==> RH List Archive: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&r=1&w=2 <== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
