Re: Dad's new machine software requirements.

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:27:56 +0100,
real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rowland McDonnell) wrote:


The fact that Windoze has got more Mac-like does not detract from the
fact that Macs have got more Windoze-like.

And Ubuntu feels very easy to me but then how 'difficult' can a GUI /
menu driven OS be?

And that's probably why the XP and Ubuntu UI feel so useable to me.
Stuff automatically goes into a menu when you install it. Windows
close how you expect them to close (the Window and the app), no dock
talking up space etc. But then I think I understand attracting Windows
users was part of the thinking behind Ubuntu (although there are many
more Linux Distros that also /look/ more like Windows) so that would
follow.

Funnily enough, dealing with the idea of 'mounting' stuff was made
easier for me in Ubuntu because of dealing with it in OSX. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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