On 3/2/06, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
>
> Richard Morgan wrote:
> > Quoting Levi Bard <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Textfile-based configuration scripts? So far I haven't seen any
> >> distribution holding its configuration in anything /other/ than text
> >> files.
> >
> >
> > ...as opposed to SuSE where you must use Yast to configure your system.
> > If you
> > open the config files in a text editor, they contain a warning that
> > suseconfig
> > will overwrite your changes and to use Yast for modifications.
>
> I have to agree here. This is one of the primary reasons I don't use
> SuSE. It cannot possibly be that hard to detect hand-made changes to
> config files, and have YaST compensate. And yet, SuSE has never
> implemented such a system.
>
> When I recently gave my 72-year-old mom a Linux computer, the first
> computer she's ever touched, I had an eye-opening experience regarding
> user-friendliness. Imagine trying to explain "cursor", "slide-bar",
> "dialog box" and the like to someone who's never touched a computer and
> who is technophobic.
>
> Moreover, I recently installed Windows XP on one of my computers for the
> first time. Getting that machine to act the right way was a several day
> ordeal, just because Microsoft has put important configuration options
> so far down, under and behind other things, they're hard to find.
actually xp really had not change the location of anything... So it really
more like Paul has not used windows in such a long time tht he forget where
things were. Not that the windows UI team does not need a kick in the butt
for puting options down in under 10 diffferent menus
After these experiences, it's clear to me that both Linux and Microsoft
> have a long way to go to make computers "user-friendly". That said,
> though, I have to agree with Richard that people like us who know how to
> hack config files should be able to do so without impediments.
>
> Paul
>
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> Paul M. Foster
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