Re: [tlug] SOLVED - Re: iBus Setup Problem

[Henri Servomaa <r_muffin@example.com>]

Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> kirjoitti 22.6.2011 kello 11.52:

> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:58:30AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> CL writes:
>> 
>> 
>> The problem with user-friendly distros is that they're only friendly
>> to *their* kind of user.  Multilingual folks are too rare to give a
>> flying Mexican f**k about.
>> 
>> What's really sad is that in their rush to capture the segment of the
>> market that likes Microsoft, they've alienated almost all of the sazan
>> 3x3 eyes crowd, and so the niches will probably never get filled
>> because only the few eyes are watching anyway.
> 
> Well, there's still a few.  Slackware (I think, haven't used it in
> awhile), Arch, and of course, the BSDs, which have, IMMHO (extra m for
> moderately) a better attitude--more or less, the newcomers will learn
> and no longer be newcomers.

Hi,
Yes, I find it funny that having started with Slackware, I've now come full circle back to it.
Why? It lets me do what I want without getting in the way.
I guess there's a sweet audience spot for each distro, though. To each his/her own.

Cheers,
Henri

> One thing I see on Fedora forums--as my job is all RH and its offshoots,
> I use Fedora as my primary desktop, mostly to see what horrors will be
> in the next version of RH--is that, by doing a minimal install, not
> using NetworkManager or any of the other desktop defaults, I avoid at
> least 90 percent of the problems that most users have. 
> 
> 
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