[techtalk] GUI's

[Caitlyn M. Martin]

Hi,

>
> >       I can see how all this could be quite a shock to someone
> >coming from the windows world, where there is *one* windows manager,
> >*one* desktop, and *one* widget set.
>
> Yup, this is one of the biggest problems people moving to Linux have,
> I think.  Don't forget that there are various breeds of X as well, as
> well as Y and Berlin out there. :)

OTOH, if one settles on XFree86, which ships with every Linux distro, and a
combo of KDE and kwm, or KDE and Enlightenment, or Gnome and Enlightenment,
the functionality becomes quite familiar quickly.  Let's face it, the Windows
'9x/NT interface was ripped off from Mac OS and OS/2 WPS, and is nothing
that's exactly original or unique.  Once somebody gets used to the little
differences between what they've run and their new Linux environment shouldn't
be a big deal.

BTW, does anyone else feel that the best combinations (the ones I listed
above) give better desktop functionality than Microsoft currently offers?
I always chuckle at Microsoft and their supporters' insistence that Linux
isn't ready for the desktop, or that it's command-line oriented.  Clearly,
those people never spent any time in a well configured X-based environment
with a modern desktop manager and window manager.

Regards,
Caity




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