* Antonio Murphie fired off this tart reply:
>> There are other protocols for that, obviously.
>
> Yeah. And with Remote Desktop you don't have to enable these features
> either. There's checkboxes in the options dialog as to which of these you
> want to enable.
Big deal.
>> You know, the old partitioning of functionality that stands
>> diametrically opposed to Microsoft's
>> "all-but-the-kitchen-sink-in-one-app"
>> integration.
>
> You mean like KDE?
Huh? I can run kcontrol from within the window manager Fluxbox, and
enable the Keramik or Thinkeramik themes, and set up the Gnome theme
called Geramik using the xfce-settings-show dialog, and have all the
gnome apps (and Firefox) look similar to KDE apps.
Can't get much more modular than that <grin>.
>> There's more than one way to skin a cat, and UNIX-based software offers
>> a very powerful system for skinning cats.
>
> Sure. But for 99% of computer users Remote Desktop is a simple way to get
> everything they need done. And without having to learn the various command
> line options (ssh -CXY -l foo ... setting $DISPLAY... etc.) and without
> having to learn numerous protocols.
>
> Are the Unix tools more powerful. Sure they are. But these tools are overly
> complex for normal computer users who are better served by Remote Desktop.
True, given that "normal" computer users are locked into Windows. By
the way, how many of these "normal" computer users even /know/ about
Remote Desktop, let alone how to use it?
And what of the Windows XP Home users, who (as far as I can tell) can
use it only for remote "help"?
P.S. My God! The cat has just used the cat box in our "computer room",
and he's bolted away as if pursued by the Hounds of Hell. And now
the smell! I scoop! And scoop! And scoop! How can one small
cat generate these quantities and qualities of ordure? Gah. I
must spray the Air Wick Odor Neutralizer! *cough* *cough*
--
GNU/Linux rox, Tux!
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