I went trigger happy on the delete key and wiped out an earlier thread about
Nautilus and was wondering what others thing of the possiblities and why?
I'm don't want to start a flame war on what is better just to get others
impressions and a better understanding myself. That said how do you feel
linux will fit on the desks of general computer users?
I've run previous versions of KDE (1.0+), but not KDE2 so the topic of
performance I will not address. I know appearance is not everything, but I
find the icons with gnome much more appealing than KDE and like the ability
to add and remove panels (KDE may have this now, I don't know). Also, with
Nautilus I installed it and found the appearance very nice and it is easy to
use and navigate they system with. I will agree that the performance is a
little slow at times, but am curious as to how others feel these things will
fit into putting linux on the desktops of general users. There are those of
us who strive to understand the how things work and those who just want to
get things done despite what the computer is doing.
I turned Nautilus on and like it a great deal compared to GMC, I kind of
like the fluff at times, heck as wannabe admin I go to virtual consoles or
terms to get the real work done. As an educator I can see teaching
elementary students the basics of using linux with tools like Nautilus that
would get their attentions and simplify basic concepts as a starting point.
Other opinions?
Also, One area that I feel linux is currently lacking in the area of desktop
use is simply general desktop applications. I've installed Corel's
WordPerfect and Sun's Star Office, but Star Office seems too integrated to
me. Does anyone know of a product like star office that does not have its
own desktop, but rather utilized the gnome desktop or KDE. I would like a
word processor, spreadsheet, etc. that all work well together and easily?
Abiword seemed like a good start for a word processor, but I have not kept
up on it either. (I guess one thing I hate about star office is the desktop,
if I wanted something that looks like windows I'll boot up 98 and start
office.)
I guess I would like to know how others see linux fitting into the desktop
users world and when they see it really taking off? I use Linux daily, but
my coworkers rely on applications that are just not there yet on linux, at
least in our opinions.
Other Thoughts?
Chad
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