[CS-FSLUG] [Ichthux] Loaded Ichthux!

[xxx xxxx]

Understood, I will reload and check it out.

My whole point here is "user friendly". You state that 30% of linux users 
use it. No argument here, but the crux of that statement is "linux users" 
not lay people in a church or home settinng who may even struggle with 
windows.
I am talking about simplifying the process, for lack of a better term 
'dumbing it down' so that lay people can simply point and click and it 
works, without ever having to run a module or modify a script. Just point 
and click.
I was pointing out areas where that is not possible currently, but could be 
with a little effort.

to put it succinctly: User friendliness right out of the box.

Anyway thanks for your time, and for listening.


>From: "Raphaël Pinson" <raphink at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users 
>Group."<christiansource at ofb.biz>
>To: "A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users 
>Group."<christiansource at ofb.biz>
>Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] [Ichthux] Loaded Ichthux!
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:35:10 +0200
>
>On 9/13/06, xxx xxxx <cyberdamon at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Raphael,
>>None of the things I listed were meant as any sort of insult.
>
>
>
>And I didn't take it as such, don't worry :)
>
>
>As for the comment on the root account. I am not familure with ubuntu and 
>in
>>red hat I always used root to set account adn configuration then logged
>>out,
>>this in no way implies I used as a regular log in account.
>>As for the comment on sudo, it is accurate. Many lay people will find it
>>more difficult than root, this will not be an enouragement for them to
>>choose it.
>
>
>
>Yet Ubuntu currently represents about 30% of all Linux users in the world
>although it might be the only distro to use sudo by default. sudo has not
>stopped Ubuntu from becoming the #1 distro in a matter of 3 years.  A vast
>proportion of people using Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/etc. even come from the
>Windows world and use sudo happily, most of the time without having to
>notice it.
>
>I also believe people are more aware that they are typing a command as 
>admin
>when they type sudo before it then when there is a sharp in the prompt...
>
>All in all, it's a matter of habbit, and the two most popular nix systems -
>MacOSX and Ubuntu - use it without it confusing anyone but old nix users 
>who
>are already used to the root account.
>
>
>The dvd software issue will be a draw back for users. The app is there but
>>when you select it you get an error window with several statements
>>refering
>>to xine.
>
>
>Encrypted DVDs is really a big problem for all Linux distros. However, the
>law is what it is, and I'm sorry I'll just encourage people to not buy DVDs
>that are outrageously protected with DRM and such other protections.
>
>Most users who come to Ubuntu are soon told about
>http://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats though, so it makes it easier. The
>mp3 issue is being worked on in Ubuntu Edgy right now, to make it much
>easier to install mp3 support, since it raises the same kind of patent
>problems... Again, I'm afraid I'll encourage the use of ogg :)
>
>
>The biggest drawback for me was the konquerer issue. I will wipe my box out
>>tonight and reload it again and see if the issue happens again from the
>>install. Perhaps not, hopefully it was a fluke.
>
>
>I have never seen this before. I tested this morning on a box I installed
>with Ichthux and Konqueror works great... If it still does it, could you
>still report a bug?
>
>I think this is a great product and would benifit many it just needs these
>>issues addressed, as any new product does.
>
>
>The issues you reported are not against a new product, they are against
>Ubuntu/Kubuntu. These issues are known, and mostly linked to law issues 
>with
>patents and horrid copyrights. I'm sorry our society got to this point, but
>the Ubuntu/Kubuntu choice is to put the open-source values first :)
>
>
>God bless
><><
>
>
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>  
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>Raphaël Pinson - raphink at ichthux.com
>http://www.raphink.info
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