Reading these posts I have realized that a large chunk of the Linux community is hung up on ego. They perpetuate the myth that GUIs are for sissies. For the love of god, people, we are computer geeks not bodybuilders and racecar drivers. We don't need this ego. With the "my distro can whup your distro" attitudes flying around here I am amazed. When you say that a system with a poor GUI is a "Power User" system, and a system with an advanced and useful GUI is for your Granny, then you are not perceiving the true nature of reality. I have been a linux geek for 4 years, and I have a programming degree, so I am a card carrying loser geek to be sure. It is common sense that an attractive and elegant interface is more productive than a deficient one. It is hilarious that Mac users are generalized as computer illiterate because they use a system with a very tightly designed and attractive interface. The Mac GUI is top dog in the interface department, it is also the most useful. Xandros is a "power user" system. It automates many of the inconsequential details that other systems wallow in so that you can get down to work quick, but the geek tools are all there and easy to access and use. I used Xandros for 2 months and it rocks. Simple is where it is at and where it is going in the computer industry. Why not advance instead of holding back technology. Linux is about shattering the status quo, not maintaining it. If you still think GUIs are for sissies then check out Plan 9 (www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/) it's Bell Lab's next gen system. These are the guys that invented Unix. Otherwise, just fire up RatPoison and go back to your cave.
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Reading these posts I have realized that a large chunk of the Linux community is hung up on ego. They perpetuate the myth that GUIs are for sissies. For the love of god, people, we are computer geeks not bodybuilders and racecar drivers. We don't need this ego. With the "my distro can whup your distro" attitudes flying around here I am amazed. When you say that a system with a poor GUI is a "Power User" system, and a system with an advanced and useful GUI is for your Granny, then you are not perceiving the true nature of reality. I have been a linux geek for 4 years, and I have a programming degree, so I am a card carrying loser geek to be sure. It is common sense that an attractive and elegant interface is more productive than a deficient one. It is hilarious that Mac users are generalized as computer illiterate because they use a system with a very tightly designed and attractive interface. The Mac GUI is top dog in the interface department, it is also the most useful. Xandros is a "power user" system. It automates many of the inconsequential details that other systems wallow in so that you can get down to work quick, but the geek tools are all there and easy to access and use. I used Xandros for 2 months and it rocks. Simple is where it is at and where it is going in the computer industry. Why not advance instead of holding back technology. Linux is about shattering the status quo, not maintaining it. If you still think GUIs are for sissies then check out Plan 9 (www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/) it's Bell Lab's next gen system. These are the guys that invented Unix. Otherwise, just fire up RatPoison and go back to your cave.