Linked by John Munsch on Mon 30th Dec 2002 19:05 UTC
Why do it? I am asked this question more often than I expected, even by existing Linux users who I expected to know as well as I the reasons for building a next-generation desktop Linux for the home user. So here are some of my reasons for thinking that we must spend the effort to create a better desktop on Linux than any existing version now has. Editor's Note: Due to a technical glitch, the first segment of this article was ommitted for some readers. If you missed the "why" section, before, you can read it now.
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> However, there is no reason to force people to sift thru 9pages of commented out lines looking for the one they
> really need to uncomment.
So instead they shift through 9 tabs of check boxes and text fields looking for the one they really need to check. And they can't even grep or i-search.
> While simultaniously looking at other window of man pages...
While simultaniously looking at the slower-than-tar and incomplete HTML help or tooltips.
Could someone explain to me how GUIs make this stuff easier?