Re: NFB Net goes linux!

["David Poehlman" <poehlman1@comcast.net>]

Ihave a non technical spous who loves the command line interface.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@azboss.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux!


Hi Ann,

Keep in mind that Linux is actually not appropriate for most users,
especially the command-line interface.  Most people want their
technology to
be simple to operate.  They're not interested in how the computer works
or
anything of that sort.  They just want to use it to get work done!  For
those non-technical users, Linux is typically inappropriate at this
stage;
that is changing, but these are the facts at this time.  And, this is
coming
from a Linux sys admin with 2 Linux boxes at home and administrative
responsibility for numerous FreeBSD and Linux boxes at work.

See, where I work, system admins also handle sales and technical
support, so
I am made aware of the non-technical nature of most people who use a
computer on a daily basis.

Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@eznet.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux!


> Hi all,
>
> Yeh, ain't that interestin'?  Keeps the mind active, yes indeed it
> do.  It's an active interface instead of a passive one.  It forces the
> brain to assimilate information and to keep the memory sharp.  You
> could run Windows if you had Alsheimers, so long as you remembered
> what the icons meant.  You could just use the arrow keys and work the
> menus that way if you were blind and using speech, simplist thing in
> the world.
>
> Linux makes you think, makes you want to learn more.  Demands more of
> you, forces you to seek the meaning of obscure language and syntax.
>
> Ann P.
> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott B Berry <n7zib@tritel.net> writes:
>
>     Scott> You know it suprises me that he would go linux.  I have
>     Scott> just a bit of experience but I have to say I am really
>     Scott> enjoying it you have so much control but it is a good
>     Scott> learning curve but it keeps the mind active.  Scott Berry
>
> --
> Ann K. Parsons
> email:  akp@eznet.net ICQ Number:  33006854
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> "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are
lost."
JRRT
>
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