Originally posted by PacketmanI'm guessing it should be http://www.opensuse.org
http://www.opensue.org
release 10.2. makes the "new" aero desktop features in vista look OLD!
every windows lover I have shown the xgl desktop features of this version of linux has been blown away.
Viva la revolution...
Originally posted by Packetmanmaybe you should show those 'cool' effects to someone with even the faintest idea of usability. they seem to be strictly eye candy, and actually worsen the usability.
every windows lover I have shown the xgl desktop features of this version of linux has been blown away.
Viva la revolution...
Originally posted by wormwoodThere are basically two big desktop packages for X Windows (which is the
maybe you should show those 'cool' effects to someone with even the faintest idea of usability. they seem to be strictly eye candy, and actually worsen the usability.
most commonly used window manager for *nix systems): Gnome and
KDE. Gnome has this whole usability project going, but I'm not sure
about KDE.
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/
http://www.gnome.org/
The nice thing about systems like Gnome is that users will make
comments on what they find useful and not, discussions will take place
and changes are made. The difference between windows (in this aspect)
is that users are often working much closer to the developers
(sometimes they are developers themselves). This makes for a
very simple graphical user interface in the end. Though there are
differences between the MS way of doing things and not all programs
follow the Hig guidelines, I do believe that someone with zero experience
can quickly learn how to properly utilise a Gnome desktop installation.
It's so simple a chimpanzee on drugs can be productive in this
environment within minutes.
Personally, I try not to use a GUI too much as it eats up resources and
there's practically nothing you can't do without it. Only when I need to
work with actual graphics do I startup a desktop manager. And this is
precisely what I like about *nix systems: that I have a choice to run just
the processes needed at any given time, boosting computer performance
(not to mention security) which in turn makes me more productive. Every
job has it's own tool, so to speak.
But many new linux users install a massive distribution (like SUSE or
Fedora) on an age old computer and then wonder where that speed and
responsiveness is. Naturally, if you're going for the easy way out; all
processes running at once with a fully fledged graphical interface you
may as well stick with windows (MS has even tried harder to work on
security in Vista). So, to each their own I suppose. I'll stick with Linux
because once you've learned how to master it, windows (any version)
seems like a silly toy; like a plastic truck to a real lifesize trucker. It just
doesn't rise to the occasion.