Well Nothing much has happened in the past week. I have been trying to install Jboss (a Java Based Application Server) on the CentOS Linux so far but i have not been successful. I Keep on getting varying error messages.. But today i want to ask a couple of questions. Some general thoughts which came into my mind whiles working with Linux and other open source applications.
1. Why has there not been much improvement in the general ‘userbility’ in Linux. Compared to windows. It seems trying to setup/configure anything in Linux whether from assigning a static ip address, installing a software (rpm’s etc) or even trying to change the theme for the GUI look seems a tad bit complicated..
2. Why is it so difficult to manipulate tables in Open Office? i am working on my presentation for class and i realized that using Open office (Impress) is not easy! some simple things that i could have done in MS office in a couple of seconds takes me ages before i am able to do the same thing in Open Office. try to create a table in Open office and see how tedious it is! (I don’t think patents have been placed on making applications user friendly. So what is stopping the OSS community in trying to make things simple and intuitive?)
3. Yes.. Some say the power of Linux is in the command line.. That is true to some extent. But if we really want the masses to switch over to Linux or other Open source software then we really have to do some work on making Linux more user friendly.. Apart from Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. I find other Open source applications a bit difficult to learn and usually their interface is not intuitive to newbies..
I’m really looking for answers.. So anybody who has them should please post their replies/comments on my blog.. and where i am wrong in my assumptions please correct me.. Till Then, stay open source.. (even though it may sometimes seem difficult)
1. Why has there not been much improvement in the general ‘userbility’ in Linux. Compared to windows. It seems trying to setup/configure anything in Linux whether from assigning a static ip address, installing a software (rpm’s etc) or even trying to change the theme for the GUI look seems a tad bit complicated..
2. Why is it so difficult to manipulate tables in Open Office? i am working on my presentation for class and i realized that using Open office (Impress) is not easy! some simple things that i could have done in MS office in a couple of seconds takes me ages before i am able to do the same thing in Open Office. try to create a table in Open office and see how tedious it is! (I don’t think patents have been placed on making applications user friendly. So what is stopping the OSS community in trying to make things simple and intuitive?)
3. Yes.. Some say the power of Linux is in the command line.. That is true to some extent. But if we really want the masses to switch over to Linux or other Open source software then we really have to do some work on making Linux more user friendly.. Apart from Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. I find other Open source applications a bit difficult to learn and usually their interface is not intuitive to newbies..
I’m really looking for answers.. So anybody who has them should please post their replies/comments on my blog.. and where i am wrong in my assumptions please correct me.. Till Then, stay open source.. (even though it may sometimes seem difficult)
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