Stradling Cultures--was: "Re[2]: A easier way to createcd'susing easy cd creator"

[Sean McMahon]

A few things to point out.  Many of the features that windows users see as power
over the command line result from dos being like a subset of unix.  I think
linux makes difficult tasks easy and some perceived easy tasks difficult.  On
Debian for example, upgrading/removing/installing is way easier then Windows.
Setting up your mplayer to automatically play files you find on the web, that
takes a little more work then just installing winamp.  However, the power you
get with mplayer can't be matched.  Windows hides a lot of information to seem
less confusing.  Linux could just as easily hide this information, and you can
create such an information hiding interface if you want.  However, because
there's a wider base of users to support, a freedom of ideas, open source
programs may look less pollished to the newcomer then those you pay fore because
they are the first to introduce  new ideas.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader at knology.net>
To: "'W. Nick Dotson'" <nickdotson at bellsouth.net>; "'Speakup is a screen review
system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:06 PM
Subject: RE: Stradling Cultures--was: "Re[2]: A easier way to createcd'susing
easy cd creator"


> I'm probably in a fairly unique position here.  I have worked professionally
> with both Windows at FS and GNU/Linux when I worked with Stallman years ago.
> I think GNU/Linux is more friendly to we hackers because it has such an
> extensive set of really cool tools.  It is also not much less friendly than
> DOS where Windows falls somewhere in between.
>
> It's good to see a KESI person on this list, I feel a little less lonely.
> Maybe we can convince a Duxbury person to show up too.
>
>
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