Keith Roberts wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> From: Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Celebrating Centos 6.0 Day World-wide >> >> Keith Roberts wrote: >>> On Sat, 9 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>> >>> ***snip*** >>> >>>> Short version (I am hungry): >>>> >>>> Experience (19 years of Windows phone support and 5 years of Linux >>>> administration and usage as a desktop surrounded by Windows users) says >>>> that in order to convert (reluctant) Windows user you have to fully >>>> replicate Windows environment with compatible Linux Apps. Period. >>> Maybe they'd take a shine to KDE4 or Gnome 3 desktops? >>> >>> But that would mean using something like Fedora 15 with a >>> maximum update lifetime of ~12 months, or another linux >>> distro with a longer lifetime like Ubuntu ? >>> >> I see now that I was misunderstood. I was talking about Apps abilities. >> "My Windows app would do that automatically" >> "Why cant I lay MP3's at once? You did install Winamp-like app? In >> windows Winamp just plays my MP3's", and so on. >> >> The look and feel are not so much the problem as behavior >> of Apps and the likeness of the App's them selves. >> Intuitive like-Windows app behavior. > > Yes I understand that Ljubomir. But you can also set the > look of most desktops as well, so the Linux desktop windows > have a 'Windozey look and feel'. But this still does not > take into the way Linux apps work, as opposed to the same or > similar Windoze apps. But I guess that's to be expected > anyway. > > The learning curve for most GUI apps is generally straight > forward. Just common sense really. Almost any apps you would > look for help under F1, and the File tab is going to be near > that. > > There are some apps under Linux that are difficult to > master, like the GIMP. Another one that comes to mind is > Blender IIRC. > > But most other apps are just common sense to use in most > cases IMHO. > OK. I am concluding this for tonight (it's 23:44 here). I must be the only one keeping entire/beggining of the conversation in mind why replying. Either that or I am nutz. Again to the begining of this sub-thread: Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Always Learning wrote: >> Pragmatically, either one wants mp3 files to play or one is not too >> bothered if they do not play. >> > Short version (I am hungry): > > Experience (19 years of Windows phone support and 5 years of Linux > administration and usage as a desktop surrounded by Windows users) says > that in order to convert (reluctant) Windows user you have to fully > replicate Windows environment with compatible Linux Apps. Period. > > Ljubomir So I was saying that having mp3 codecs(, seamless printing and scanning...) is important for convert from Windows and you guys started with GUI..... Ljubomir