On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 02:34:22PM -0600, Rodd Ahrenstorff wrote: > I would like to add that I defend the newer distros. After using Red Hat 7.2 > and Mandrake 8.0/8.1 I have installed and used both Elx and Lycoris. I am > using Lycoris Desktop/LX now and find it the most "ergonomic" desktop version > of Linux to date. Sorry, but that's irrelevant. If you get the .config files from your fooBar distro and copy them onto RedHat/Mandrake/Debian, you should get the same "ergonomy". > Since I only started using Linux four months ago, I cannot > give comments with any real historical perspective but it would seem these > newest distros are definately trying to steal away some Windows users by > incorporating many of the same characteristics found therein. Although I am > slowly learing the command line, I have yet to need it using the Lycoris > distro. And in my opinion...thats a good thing. > > Comments? That's entirely dependendant on what you do. I have used my Chevy for three years now, but I _NEVER_ popped out the hood (except for pouring splash). I don't care how easy/hard is to change the oil or the gas filter. For a car tinkerer, those two might be of importance. Mousing around is cool, but if you do some serious work, you will need a text editor like vim/emacs. And then you'll discover that there is no space on the screen to expose all their functionality in menus. And then you will undestand why you need a command line. florin PS: A small child points to the things of interest. Then he grows up and learns to talk... -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020126/5d657d08/attachment.pgp