>>> Install KDE desktop, and you'll see that it is getting much closer in ease-of-use. <<<
The problem is getting past the point where the consumer is installing Unix gadgets. For instance, you can't possibly install Linux without knowing what a disk cylinder, tcp/ip, partitions, and graphics adapter are. Among many other things. That's hardly a consumer task, and is a pretty tough thing for the average IS support person. Which is why close to 100% of Linux boxes are owned or directly run by programmers and engineers and web server specialists. If I hadn't installed UNIX from scratch a number of times, and had a linux box myself back in '95, I might have been quite confused, even with Red Hat.
MSFT has gotten past this problem by having the OEMs install Win95 in advance. (Just upgrading Win95 can quickly go bad enough.) You can also buy OS/2 boxes, UNIX boxes, and NT boxes pre-installed from Compaq and others for use as servers, simplifying installation by at least a factor of ten and opening up the market. Perhaps that is the solution for Linux as well.
I wouldn't mind learning about KDE, though. Got a link, perchance? Is this an admin tool? For a desktop, X is fine for me, but I would be willing to try whatever is out there just to see it. |
