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Dear GNOME3: I like my software to get the clicks I give them. There's nothing wrong with that, right? Or aren't you designing GNOME3 for people who like to click on things?
Monday, 17-Dec-12 21:30:23 UTC from web-
@omni How about you give your buddy a simple Windows computer which can browse when needed but can also be useful if he so wishes it to be?
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@widget Unity is also way too hard, according to my dad. Apparently having more than a few buttons is going to make it impossible to use the system for him, so I ended up jumping through some loops to make a Parabola GNU/Linux-libre system which automatically logs in as him and then starts an X session which only runs epiphany, the very simple 4-buttons and address bar browser from the GNOME team also know as "Web".
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@widget I expect him to be able to click links. I'm sure he'd need some help at the beginning, and we'd probably have to write some notes for him, but I really can't make it any easier than that. I can only hope he becomes able to.
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@omni To me it sounds like he doesn't really want a computer or internet access. If he wants to operate a car he also needs to learn how to use the steering wheel operate the lights, wipers, ignition, check the oil, refuel and learn the rules regulating traffic.
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@kamikaze He never drives his car. Well, we can at least try. If it doesn't work out, I can have a laptop or so maybe? :P
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@zeldatra Explain to me how Windows is easy to use. It's inconsistent (just look at how much people don't know when to single or double click, even with ONLY Microsoft software), needs a lot of care (antivirus software which needs to be managed), is unstable and can't be adapted to the individual user all that much. Now, I'm not saying Linux is perfect, but at least it is consistent (assuming you choose one desktop environment and don't mix-and-match applications), needs very little maintenance (no antivirus, one central updater) and can be tweaked to the user's wishes (in this case: only a browser). You can't tweak Windows that much.
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@theforeverfreest Seems a bit unrelated, but yay? Which distro?
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@omni i would use linux if everything i do worked flawlessly on it. my 228 Steam games RIGHT NOW, dont work on linux... and even this steam for linux thing only a handfull of games work, so im stuck wit the murdockty WINDUURS
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@omni Of course linux doesn't need antivirus, that's because nobody cares about it enough to write viruses for it
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@unhipdruid It's cool man, Linux has a handful of free alternatives which are totally way better than your 200+ games.
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@unhipdruid Steam games working or not is of no importance for a system which will only be used for browsing the web and for nothing else. I do know how you feel, though (even though I don't run any non-free software myself)
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@zeldatra lets not start... but otherwise, i LOVE linux, i love all the different distros etc, but some for strange reasons just end up breaking, Kubuntu would just STOP. without warning just lock up instantly and 100% for no reason... meh il experiment some more soon...
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@redenchilada That is of no importance. The fact stays: Linux needs less maintenance for the end user.
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@redenchilada i once installed Linux antivirus. It was to be able to scan my windows partition.
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@omni yes, i do wish with all my heart that i can use linux 100% and trust it all. but i always end up loosing it in the end... but i went from MACs then to windows and i find everything easy to use really...
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@omni Did I ever mention the one time I tried using Linux it crashed on me literally ten times just trying to copy a few files to a flash drive
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@redenchilada (Granted, everything that ran on that computer crashed, but never in the first five minutes after boot.)
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@zeldatra I see you don't know it either, or are forgetting to mention things. Even then, why does he NEED a desktop if he'll use nothing but a browser? That's overcomplicating it. He gets a browser, and that's that. Nothing more. No desktop environment, no file manager, nothing but a browser. Long story short: Windows cannot be tweaked to be only a browser, and is therefore unsuitable for the task at hand.
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@redenchilada You also did not mention any slightly useful info. Your argument is about as valid as saying it's hard to install Firefox on Windows 7 because Windows 3.1 crashed on you once. Also, as stated countless times by now, the system will not have a file manager, making your scenario impossible and thus irrelevant.
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@zeldatra A phone is unsuitable because it is more than a browser. Also, he wouldn't be able to read anything on it.
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@omni You're saying it needs little maintenance and when I bring up a counterexample you handwave it off as irrelevant? Your logic is infallible. Oh, how I wish I was as good at arguing as you are.
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@zeldatra That's a good stance, I try to stick to that as well as much as life allows me to.
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@omni If you don't mind me asking, how old is your friend that you can't just give him a Netbook and tell him to go nuts?
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@redenchilada Did you miss the point where I was talking about the system ONLY RUNNING A BROWSER like I have mentioned about five times in the last five minutes?
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@omni It got lost under your angry rant about Windows being horrible and Linux being "superior in every way". Sorry.
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@omni Lol this entire conversation reminds me of my dad trying to teach one of my uncles how to use a computer. He was trying to use Facebook to check his email. Poor guy.
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@minti oooh, look qat who ius here
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@mushi that typing
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@mushi Agreed. xD
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@minti you cant see the my typing pose
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@mushi Sjocls, msn, rhar rypinf fordn't seen tjat vad to mr.
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@redenchilada i can type to potato
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@mushi I can type with a potato, does that count?
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@minti only if you can prove!
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@redenchilada The fact that you describe it as an "angry rant" means you missed most of the discussing. Happens to me at times as well, though, so I don't blame you. I'm just getting a bit annoyed at "install Windows" when the system in question should only run a browser and this has been stated often, something Windows is simply not capable of (it needs the desktop environment). The other thing I was slightly annoyed about was you not stating a distro or version number or anything. Linux 3.6 for example is a huge improvement over Linux 2.6, just like kernel improvements between Windows versions. File manager software also improves through time. The thing is, the low amount of info made it impossible to judge if this was still relevant in general, even though it wouldn't be for the system in question. Sorry for my harsh replies, though, I was just getting enough of people seemingly ignoring the system's purpose.
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That sex face... http://ur1.ca/c49so
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@omni I honestly don't remember much about what I used. Just that it was some version of Puppy from around late 2010 running from a live CD. And while I personally don't see how having a system with nothing but a web browser can be useful, I'm not gonna argue that it's an inherently bad idea.
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@zeldatra If you would've read the first word you would've known it was not for you anyway.
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@redenchilada Ah, Puppy. Yeah, that one is quite advanced and sometimes unstable, so that could explain it. I also think that you can't do much with only a browser, but we're talking about someone who didn't manage to get used to the Window taskbar in the 95 days so we, at very least, have to start as minimal as possible. I hope that's understandable, at least.
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