i must disagree with this slightly, because my case was a little different
than the average Windoze user. i came from the MainFrame world, and to me at
that time a PC was a toy. so the first Windoze box i saw was a joke,
compared to the Data Center surrounding it. anyway i eventually got a PC
because i want to play Doom, and of coarse Windoze. i started running
lightstep because i couldnt stand exploder,
then one day this friend of mine was over and i was showing him lightstep
and he said i have something i think you will like. he was right,
Enlightenment DR13 running the default theme on a RH 5.0 box. that was it
for me, i had to run it.
so Enlightenment did it for me, and if it would have been a Windows look
alike i dont know if Linux would have sparked the passion that it did. i'm
not saying that Enlightenment should be the main focus by no means. but i do
feel it deserves a place somewhere, in some dark obscure corner. :~D
slr
> I would hate to see the demo compare some Windows box with
> Enlightenment. That would drive them off fer sure! Such a demo should
> compare KCE with Win95 look & feel or IceWM, so they won't feel
> alienated.
>
> George
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They
> > are also usually Joe Sixpack types who are getting on the clue train or
> > geeks-in-training who know that there is a lot of fun under the hood.
Not too
> > many suits show up. That is another project in itself.
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> > If we could wangle out way into one of the many computer shows at the
Civic
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power,
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use on
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