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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I have no trouble understanding that message, even though I've never heard of Pango or Defoma before. Just use your brain a little bit...
Pango must have something to do with fonts, and it keeps a file with a list of font-related configuraions. Defoma must be some kind of tool to help manage the said font configuraion. See, it's easy.
Newbies must be made to learn this sort of analetical thinking, rather than glaze over as soon as a new word pops up, than call me or just randomly click stuff unil the scary message goes away. In order to use a computer, the user must assert some reasioning skills. Therefore, we should not attempt to let people use it without them. The user doesn't have to know a lot, but the user must have an additude of figuring things out and learning.