I forgot one part - the stove would have to be powered on

I forgot one part - the stove would have to be powered on

Posted Apr 24, 2008 3:28 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)
In reply to: Do they actually not like their users? by pr1268
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron

So, to draw an analogy, that's like having to go to the stove in the kitchen to change the channel on the television in the living room.

Furthermore, with respect to our editor's experience, the stove would have to be powered on to change the TV channel.

Okay, I'll lay off now. But, I would like to make a general observation about GNOME v. KDE:

A friend and fellow grad student with whom I share an office has Ubuntu 7.10 installed on his ThinkPad T61. I'm running Slackware 12 and KDE on a second-hand Dell Latitude C610. His experience using computers prior to Linux was entirely on Macs, whereas my pre-Linux desktop PC experience was all Windows. He prefers GNOME, I prefer KDE. Again, this is merely an observation.

Not that I couldn't be persuaded to learn/use GNOME sometime. But before that happens, I'd certainly appreciate knowing that tasks such as changing the desktop wallpaper aren't obfuscated to oblivion.

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