Re: [ossig] Linux too much like Windows :)

["Colin Charles " <byte@aeon.com.my>]

On 23 Dec 2002 at 20:34, Seah Hong Yee wrote:

> 	Seriously though, I don find them to have much, very much in the form 
> os OSX in terms of theme. Besides, this is only comparing to Redhat and 
> like of Lycoris. Take Mandrake for example, I still find it rather 
> "Linux" like. And besides, with some distribution, you don't really 
> need to use KDE or Gnome if you really don't want to. I been using 
> Blackbox on my linux and BSD box for sometime and never really bother 
> to used other windows manager that slow to start and take out so much 
> space. After all, all I need is to browse the web, work on some 
> document do some stuff over the company application ( which is web app 
> in most cases).

I personally haven't tried Mandrake 9, but if Mandrake keeps on 
"copying" RedHat, they'd also like to follow on with BlueCurve and it 
will become more "Windows" like. RedHat is still Linux like, take no 
mistake in my mentioning that the GUI by default looked Windows-ish.

Lycoris on the other hand, now that is very Windows like. Its scarily 
similar, even with a registry, etc... At least most of RedHat is 
still rooted with the other Linux'es, with some minor changes here 
and there.

Window managers are always there, and the choice with OSS stuff means 
that users always have a choice and are never locked into one thing. 
Thats what the great fight is about now - choice. Go an argue that 
Windows (2000/XP) is not as stable as your run-off-the-mill Linux 
install, and I would think it was a lie. Its the choice of apps 
available on Linux, the variety, the free-ness (end-users don't care, 
they buy rm5 copies anyways). But this is another argument 
altogether, not related to the topic.
 
> 	Linux is about choice, I am sure Redhat et al try to imitate windows 
> and OS X to ease the switching experience. But quite frankly, as a 
> seasoned user, you don't really have to use it if you don't want to.

Yup. The switchdesk application will help you change Window managers.
--
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/


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