Linux Memory (again)

[Eric Oyen]

Oh yeah, and win blows 10 is also an accessibility FUBAR, especially if the windows explorer program dies, then the stupid start bar won’t work.

-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Dangling Accessibility Dept.


> On Nov 9, 2020, at 2:57 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2020 19:19:29 -0700
> Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Lastly, if we're ever going to see mass-market usage of Linux,
> 
> We already have mass market Linux usage, on the server. If you mean on
> the desktop, I haven't seen much movement from Windows desktops to Linux
> desktops this century.
> 
>> desktop environments like Gnome and KDE are going to be the ones to
>> take us there. 
> 
> I think it's statements like the preceding that cause it to be true.
> LXDE is very simple, with a panel and a start button, that anybody can
> operate. Windows 8 and 10 are messes that must be learned, by trial and
> error, over time.
> 
>> Realistically, no normie coming from Windows/MacOS is
>> going to want to use something like OpenBox or other minimal window
>> managers like DWM, i3, etc.. 
> 
> True. They'd need  a panel. LXDE, LXQt, and even the slightly bloatier
> and less reliable xfce come to mind. 
> 
> As far as normies, we've been trying to bring them to the Linux desktop
> and failed. Few Linux desktop users are normies.
> 
>> They're going to want it to just work,
>> with an interface that has familiar concepts to the ones they're used
>> to if it doesn't flat out look like Windows or MacOS.
> 
> From what I've seen of MacOS, LXDE looks kind of like it. As far as
> looking like Windows 10, I don't know of anybody who likes that kind of
> interface. It was created to make a computer screen look like a
> smartphone and vice versa, and became a workflow mess because of that.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt 
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