Newsforge: Making Linux look harder than it is

[R. Scott Belford]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/07/1933215&mode=thread



Looks like this story has some resonance on Slashdot as well.


scott



On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 23:26, Warren Togami wrote:
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/12/05/1259245&mode=thread
> 
> "Many "gurus" teaching new users about Linux make it look harder than it
> needs to be, and apparently fail to explain that yes, you can make
> PowerPoint-style presentations in Linux, you can view Web Pages that use
> Flash animation and other "glitz" features, and that you can manage all
> your files though simple "point, click, drag and drop" visual
> interfaces. Could the biggest problem with Linux usability be that most
> of the people teaching newbies to use Linux are too smart and know too
> much?"
> 
> I agree with this guy.  Gurus should not only know the "powerful and
> flexible" commandline way, but the easy GUI ways of doing things in
> order to help newbies get started with Linux.
> 
> 
> 
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