Could it be....
Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli
Why these "newbie" distros always look & behave like Window$? Is that really the "easiest" OS for beginners? :dead:
Could it perhaps be because allmost all home 'puters sold are with windows pre-installed? Could it be because that's what most people use at school/work?
Or could it simply be because the windows setup is an easy one to use?
Granted, when you get "into the know" of computers the command line isn't so frightening, nor is it a problem if things aren't located in the same folder, or the windows doesn't look like they do on a windows machine...
But what if you don't really want to learn too much about computers, and just want to use it for recreation/work?
Would you then even contemplate to switch to another platform than the one "everyone knows and loves"?
Most of the linux users want to get more and more people to change from windows to linux... The easiest way to do that is to give the users a familiar setup in which they won't have to use the commandline unless they want to...
Then price it below M$ offerings and start an ad campain...
I've been thinking about trying to get the local government to change from windows to a linux distro to save money, but when I thought of all the training the users (nevermind the admins) would have to go through, it suddenly wasn't feasible!
But with an interface like Lycoris', it wouldn't be all that hard...
Sorry if I sound sarcastic and harsh, but... What other OS is there to look like and still be easy to use?
Mac's? C'mon, how many people do you know who use a mac?
BeOs, not any users left to migrate (ok, maybe a few, but
)
Amiga? Possibly a good interface, but too few(if any) knows it....
Windows, why there seems to be an abundance of users who know how to use this interface, why not use it?
You get my point
Now I'm off to bed, and should be able to use a less annoying tone when I wake up again
