> -----Original Message----- > From: Samuel MacDonald [mailto:smac at visi.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 12:19 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Distro Advice > > <Snip> > > It would need to be small with a GUI that is similar to M$, > it would be > able to run "any" windows application [games, word processing, > spreadsheet, etc...] without doing any additional work. Upgrades and > Updates would need to be very few and very far between, at > least 3 years. "any"? Microsoft forbids running some of it's programs on anything but Windows. > > Don't show them any error messages because they don't > understand error > messages. I believe the vast majority of I/T professionals > can figure > out what an error message says. How can we expect a consumer to > understand an error message. My wife is the greatest of > business of the > many business people I know. I wont let here touch an error > message for > fear I wont be able to reproduce it. > The only message that should be displayed is > "Your Computer Needs to be Restarted, it Will Run Better After > Restarting" and a button that is labeled > "Restart" How many times do you have an error that doesn't require a reboot? Having the user to reboot to fix anything and everything is going to make your user think it is unreliable and remind them of Windows 98. > > <nutshell> > I'd call the distribution a "car" like name because the > consumer would > only put electricity in to it to maintain it. That is the > whole thing > in a nut shell. > </nutshell> > > Yes, it needs to be idiot proof, have a good price, and never break. > There will never be an idiot proof, never breaking operating system. Not to be a wet blanket, buy I see 1x10^-64 percent chance of this ever happening. To much scratching of there own itches to focus on a common goal like this, or to even be able to agree on what goes in. I mean come on, your going to have to pick ONE window manager. Look at the flack Perens is catching from suggesting such a thing. The man is totally right by the way. Since when has the *nix community ever done anything besides bifurcate when it comes to ways to achieve something? Linux is and in my opinion will always be a system that is mix and match with a lot of DYI capablilities that works well for servers and techies. Mix and match and DYI are polar opposite to what most end users want and I don't think the Linux community cares enough about end users to ever cater to them enough. Ryan _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list