Re: Experience the New Windows

[Indraneel Majumdar <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

\relax, all the apps are there already. One just needs to know that they
are and to get them started at the click of a mouse when they are required
without having to read up tons of (exceedingly well written)
documentation. No-one (?) wants their modem to pick up the phone, but they
all want the kppp/wvdial screen flash up with a yes/no box when you click
netscape (is netscape& from a terminal supposed to work?, what's a
terminal anyway?). A few day back someone had asked how to install Linux
when the screen was showing a login prompt. I forget which but one of the
distros even have a choice whether you want to boot up and login to your
account directly. I'm not sure if hacking at the kernel would be
everyone's idea of relaxing, but (un)fortunately these people are more in
number. If it's possible to hack a distro to make some lives brighter I
guess we should do it. After all it's probably the first step to
recruiting fresh hackers.

\Indraneel

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Atul Chitnis wrote:

> Eeps, methinks we are losing focus here.
> 
> In general, Linux installs perfectly fine on most machines. I was actually
> trying to focvus the discussion on the post-install experience that gets
> users productive quickly, and familiarising them with what's available.
> 
> Downplay the tech (assume pre-installed!) and focus on productivity and
> applications.

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