[TriLUG] Deploying Linux to...Aunt Marge

[William Sutton]

Actually....

KDE was originally designed to make the linux desktop environment more 
friendly (read:  like Windows) for non-technical people.  Gnome was 
created (with substantial Red Hat support) as a counter to KDE (why the 
heck someone thought KDE needed a loyal opposition is beyond me...)

Now, of course....on many distributions you may be hard pressed to tell 
the difference

--
William, former KDE 1.x user, responsible for the UGGGGLY KDE 1.x Star 
Wars theme, and generally interested in the historical perspective



On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Tom Eisenmenger wrote:

> Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> Hmmmm... Philosophical reasons aside, I always thought Gnome was 
> primarily designed for non-technical newbies and KDE for more 
> technically astute users.  The problem I've always had with both was 
> that they'd offer umpteen application choices for each task, thereby 
> confusing the issue.  Of the two, I'd go with plain old Ubuntu running 
> Gnome for Aunt Marge, but if you tweak Xubuntu running XFCE that might 
> present an even better option!
> 
> -- Tom Eisenmenger
> 
> >Aunt Marge wants [K]ubuntu. I like gnome, but that's me, not Marge.
> >
> >The only real hangup will be shockwave, with Windows Media files being
> >only a slight technical (and legal) speedbump.
> >
> >See the wiki entry on "Restricted Formats" for details. The wiki
> >really is fairly good.
> >
> >I have my 14-year-old brother running it, my best friend who is
> >getting an MFA in piano (read: not tech-savvy) running Kubuntu, and an
> >ex-girlfriend running Kubuntu.
> >
> >I've gotten a grand total of three complaints, two of which were about
> >lack of shockwave. The other involved choppy DVD playback. Seriously.
> >These people are not in love with computers. They just use them.
> >Happily.
> >
> >:)
> >
> >Best of luck,
> >CMP
> >
> >--
> >
> >Cristobal M. Palmer
> >UNC-CH SILS Student
> >cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
> >cmpalmer at ils.unc.edu
> >ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer
> >"Television-free since 2003"
> >  
> >
> 
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