Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 69.2.124.11]
on May 18, 2008 05:33 PM
Linux has been "ready for the desktop" for years, but will it be ready for "normal users" anytime soon?
Normal users don't expect to ever have to see a TTY. On OS X, you have to dig around for it, and normal OS X users never need to touch it.
Can any Linux desktop be completely and fully usable (and fixable) without a TTY? I think _that_ is the criterion.
Also, user friendliness, UI consistency and ease-of-use should be considered at least equally of importance as UI power and flexibility. The default UI should be easy, consistent and pleasant, and encouraging of users to develop skills and delve further into more levels of power and flexibility. Mac OS X comes closest to this, Windows tends to make leaving the default easy UI hard, and Linux tends to make the default too flexible.
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It's time to retire "ready for the desktop"
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 69.2.124.11] on May 18, 2008 05:33 PMNormal users don't expect to ever have to see a TTY. On OS X, you have to dig around for it, and normal OS X users never need to touch it.
Can any Linux desktop be completely and fully usable (and fixable) without a TTY? I think _that_ is the criterion.
Also, user friendliness, UI consistency and ease-of-use should be considered at least equally of importance as UI power and flexibility. The default UI should be easy, consistent and pleasant, and encouraging of users to develop skills and delve further into more levels of power and flexibility. Mac OS X comes closest to this, Windows tends to make leaving the default easy UI hard, and Linux tends to make the default too flexible.
All IMHO of course.
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