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:The Linux Blog: Is Linux Friendly Enough?
The Linux Blog: Is Linux Friendly Enough?
Mar 7, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (6618 reads)

(Other stories by Clete R. Blackwell)

[ Thanks to Clete R. Blackwell 2 for this link. ]

"Years ago, the main Linux projects, KDE and GNOME started. Today, they are growing steadily along with the rest of Linux. Linux is growing fast (in development and user amounts), but can it keep up ease of use for the majority of people who know little to nothing about computers?

"Personally, I have been with Linux and computers so long that large issues for most people are minute or non-existent issues for me. I haven’t really looked into the topic of ease-of-use for a very long time. Hey, I’m using Gentoo, I don’t care about 'easy,' I just want to make it look, run, and perform well, while having fun tweaking, fixing things, and helping the community. Since I have not followed GNOME much, this will be mostly about KDE..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I have been using Linux desktops for ove ...   ACPI/Suspend-to-RAM   
pwzhang
Mar 7, 2005, 02:11:32
 
Maybe we need Linux BOB?!?!?! You know,. ...   Maybe we need Linux BOB?!?!?   
JaseP
Mar 7, 2005, 03:14:15
 
ODD. Suspend to ram works just fine for  ...   Re: ACPI/Suspend-to-RAM   
a.c.
Mar 7, 2005, 04:00:10
 
People are working on it. Linux will be  ...   linux will be whatever the users want   
biscuitman
Mar 7, 2005, 04:57:07
 
The one thing I hate is this stupid war  ...   Just as easy as Windows!   
Mark
Mar 7, 2005, 07:36:48
 
Linux has innovated on the desktop, and  ...   Re: Maybe we need Linux BOB?!?!?   
Richard
Mar 7, 2005, 08:18:21
 
Closing statement from the article:Shoul ...   Computer skills need to be learned   
Ronald Trip
Mar 7, 2005, 10:39:58
 
The GOBO linux filesystem hierarchy does ...   GOBO Linux!   
fredrik
Mar 7, 2005, 16:06:41
 
> ODD. Suspend to ram works just fine fo ...   Re: Re: ACPI/Suspend-to-RAM   
andzy
Mar 7, 2005, 17:03:39
 
> The one thing I hate is this stupid wa ...   Re: Just as easy as Windows!   
James E LaBarre
Mar 7, 2005, 17:28:42
 
Video-off feature actually works quite w ...   Re: ACPI/Suspend-to-RAM   
pwzhang
Mar 7, 2005, 19:47:55
 
1) one size does not fit all.2) you may  ...   An OS is like underware...   
Buldir
Mar 7, 2005, 20:00:04
 
I have been told that there are a lot of ...   Re: ACPI/Suspend-to-RAM   
Vance
Mar 7, 2005, 22:23:02
 
are really novices when it's the fir ...   Users with 10 years experience...   
GreyGeek
Mar 8, 2005, 02:13:44
 
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