On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 21:40 -0700, Dax Kelson wrote: > ...... Original Message ....... > On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:36:33 -0500 "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >The user needs a button to push and a simple menu, and and interface > >that *requires effectively no thought or decisions*. > > I disagree. Software installation that 'requires effectively no thought or > decision' has left Windows a wasteland of spyware, rootkits and other > malware. > > Humans could have left the solar system by now if we hadn't wasted billions > of man hours and money on dealing with that one aspect of Windows' design. /+5 Funny ;) I second the above. Making Fedora (or Linux for that matter) idiot free will only create a second, semi-open-source, Windows. If a user can't be bothered to read a FAQ, google for help, or, heaven forbids, learn how to configure pirut/yum/rpm, he shouldn't be using Fedora (or Linux). Come to think about it, unless this user's computer is being actively administered by someone else, he shouldn't be using a computer to being with. (If it does, then his administrator is perfectly capable of installing nonfree codecs, nVidia/ATI drivers, etc on its own. No need to dumb down Fedora) I'm all for making Fedora easier to use. I just don't want Fedora to end up looking, behaving (and ultimately, crashing) like Windows. Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
