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Old 05-13-07   #1 (permalink)
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Question Why no good GUI's?¿
I find Linux boring and to much work. I like looking at a GUI...
does Linux have a full GUI on any distro? Shouldn’t it get at least one, it would greatly increase new users converted from windows and ones new to computers.

Anyone disagree?
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What distro are you using?

Any modern Distro will have a GUI for just about everything. Alot of Linux users are power users and prefer command line.
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right now mainly Fedora Core 6 use it in VMware, but I wouldn't go fully into linux yet.
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There are GUI programs that do almost everything you could need to do with a console, it's just that most people prefer the console so they know what is really going on.

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it's just that most people prefer the console so they know what is really going on.
They hide stuff no more then command line.
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Umm...hello!?!! what distro are you using? Every modern distro has a nice GUI packaged with it. Fedora Core 6 is beautiful and you even can get the box working fairly easily...

The GUI elements in Fedora Core 6 are probably arguably nicer than Windows XP's...

Gnome, KDE, Fluxbox, Blackbox, Icebox, FXCE....there's a whole bunch of GUIs to use as the windows manager.

You can also install packages with their built in GUI tool...so you'll probablly only touch the console once in a while...
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They hide stuff no more then command line.
And what do you suggest Windows GUIs do?

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And what do you suggest Windows GUIs do?
They look cool and waste resources

Yay I POSTED IN A LINUX THREAD *runs away and tells family*
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I find Linux boring and to much work. I like looking at a GUI...
does Linux have a full GUI on any distro? Shouldn’t it get at least one, it would greatly increase new users converted from windows and ones new to computers.

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Yeah, I would have to disagree.

I don't find it boring at all. Actually I find Windows to be boring. You can customize the window manager/Desktop environment in linux to, well the skies the limit, and its pretty easy to.

Most popular distro have a UI by default after the install. Only a few of the more advance ones don't install a UI by default.

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They hide stuff no more then command line.
Well they may not hide more stuff, but GUI definitly are more limiting compared to CLI.
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Not to steal the thread, but could you guys guide a newb to a good distro with a GUI that a Windows user can be comfortable with?

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