[TriLUG] good newbie book

[Beth Ellison]

>Since most new linux users prefer KDE over Gnome this RH decision to prefer
>Gnome is stranger still. (This statement is based on statistics I saw
>compiled by the Mandrake folks, as well as some other magazine source I've
>forgotten). The reason they prefer KDE is that it is more similar to
>something they're already familiar with: Microsoft Windows.

It's not humanly possible to please everybody. Jeez.






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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Christian J Hedemark <chris at yonderway.com>
>To: <trilug at trilug.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 2:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] good newbie book
>
>
> > Beth said:
> > > It is gone. GNOME has all these config tools in Nautilus now. User
>Manager
> > > (redhat-config-users) is there for linuxconf type things.
> >
> > Ewwwww.  I know it is tacky for me to criticize Red Hat while I'm openly
> > seeking employment there, but this favoritism towards Gnome is another
> > turnoff.  When a key component of the OS gets moved to one desktop
> > environment, I think that is a Bad Thing.  I know you're not to blame 
>for
> > that and I'm not shooting the messenger.
> >
> > Linuxconf had something going for it in that you could run it from a 
>VT100
> > console, xterm, any X Windows environment, web interface, etc.  
>Requiring
> > Gnome or a subset of Gnome to be installed to use a core system tool is
>sort
> > of, well, a downgrade in features from where I sit.
> >
> >
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