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On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 23:51 +1000, Jesse McNelis wrote: |
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> I've always wondered at the definition of "easy to use". |
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> does "easy to use" mean that you can pick it up and be productive in |
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> an afternoon? |
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This definitely isn't Gentoo. Even if you're very familiar with Linux, |
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it will still take a little while longer to learn the "Gentoo way" of |
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doing certain things. |
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> or does "easy to use" mean that once you have put in the hard yards to |
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> learn it, it is extremely easy to do everyday tasks and just as easy |
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> to do complex ones? |
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I find Gentoo to be unbeatable in usability once you've learned the |
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system. The truth is that any system can be fairly easy to use once |
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you've trained yourself to use it. It's my personal opinion that Gentoo |
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tends to be easier to use, as far as usability is concerned, once you've |
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"learned the ropes", so to speak. |
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Anyway, this really isn't the place for this discussion, as we've gone |
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pretty far off-topic for the installer list. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |