:osOpinion: Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness
osOpinion: Red Hat Linux 6.1 versus Windows 98: Rules of User Friendliness Nov 25, 1999, 05 :14 UTC (35 Talkback[s]) (8920 reads) (Other stories by Chris Stockdill)
"As a small contribution to the free source movement, allow me to
assemble some motley "Rules" of user friendliness, as I step on a few land
mines in the Red Hat Linux 6.1 installation and operation."
"I want the "vanilla" install. That is, the install for beginners, in
the most simple way possible. No frills. Just the basics. Get the job done.
I open up my Red Hat 6.1 "Standard edition" box (although the box does not
actually have a label that identifies it as such) and open up the manual
entitled "Installation Guide." ...Not till page 18 do I find a sentence
telling that beginners should follow the "Workstation" class
installation...which begs my first "rule"...
"Rule 1: Put the beginner stuff at the beginning."
"... let us Embrace reality... Linux is not yet user
friendly. There's still a lot of work to do. Yet, we have great reason for
hope."
