>>They go to X only; if you want to try the command line mode, it's
>>definitely not a good choice.
great idea... put beginners on a gui with linux underneath. Can anyone
say, "tech support?"
To me one of the issues is that the keyboard is far superior to the mouse,
and MSFT lied has lied about that ever since win 3.0 with their, "studies
show that the mouse increases productivity" bs. The truth is that the
mouse gets you up and running very quickly, then limits you. A person
knowing how to use the keyboard will almost without exception be more
productive than the mouse user.
I'm saying all of this because LINUX lets us run without the GUI if we
like. I'd venture to say that most linux users prefer the console to the
gui. The first time I hit alt-f2 to load that second prompt I realized I'd
finally found what I'd been wanting all of these years... a text-based
multitasker. gui schmui
It just seems that selling a "gui-only" linux is sort of an oxymoron or
something.
FWIW
Andy
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> From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Frank Rocco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Anyone try Corel Linux
> Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:40 PM
>
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Frank Rocco wrote:
>
> > Interested in feedback from Red Hat users that have tried Corel Linex
>
> Here's what I think of it...
>
> Note: I am a Red Hat developer. I'm trying to be neutral, but you should
> know I might be biased without realizing it:
>
> Corel Linux contains numerous completely outdated packages. Some of them
> (proftpd 1.2.0pre1, bind 8.1, ...) even have major security problems.
> It's installation is very easy unless its hardware detection hangs the
> system (which happened on a notebook I tried), which makes installation
> impossible.
> There are several bugs left (after one otherwise successful
> installation, I had to add "/usr/X11R6/bin/startkde" to
> /etc/X11/window-managers to see their KDE changes - prior to that, it
> wouldn't start anything but twm.)
> Their KDE changes are partially very nice for a beginner (they put in
> a new file manager that behaves pretty much like a bugfixed Windows
> Explorer), but also partially confusing for people who have already
> used Linux (they changed package names, moved some options to different
> places etc). Also, their applications lack serious testing, they crash
way
> more often than a normal KDE installation does.
> A very nice feature is the possibility to change the X resolution and
> color depth from the KDE control panel; this even seems to work.
> They go to X only; if you want to try the command line mode, it's
> definitely not a good choice.
> Also, it is lacking some important programs (ever wondered why their CD
> has only 300 MB on it, while Red Hat Linux 6.1 has 640 MB +
> powertools?). For example, it's KDE only (no GNOME (not even the
> libraries needed to run GNOME applications), no real text mode
> support unless you tweak it).
> Their choice of package managers (dpkg, not rpm) is surely a matter of
> taste, but considering that almost everyone else is using rpm nowadays,
> I'd prefer RPM.
> All in all, I'd say it was a rushed release - their final would be an
> ok beta. Maybe their next version will be more interesting. If you know
> how to fix some potential trouble caused by installer bugs, it's
> probably ok for a desktop machine, but it's a danger on a server.
>
> LLaP
> bero
>
> --
> Nobody will ever need more than 640 kB RAM.
> -- Bill Gates, 1983
> Windows 98 requires 16 MB RAM.
> -- Bill Gates, 1999
> Nobody will ever need Windows 98.
> -- logical conclusion
>
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