Re: [TCLUG:8509] Installfest page

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

OK. I must admit...I copied most of the InstallFest page info from
another LUG's website. I wanted to get something out ASAP and didn't
have any time. If I find a little time I will redo it.

Clay

Dave Sherohman wrote:
> 
> One minor correction...  The page states both that
> 
> Virtually every aspect of the system can be configured or adjusted, even
> the entire graphical interface.
> 
> and
> 
> the graphical interface to Linux is similar to that of Windows
> 
> While these could both be true, they're not.  A Linux GUI can be very
> similar to Windows, but it doesn't have to be.  (And some (many?) of
> us will never, given a choice, use any of the Win95-alike window
> managers.)
> 
> OK, so it's not really a correction, just a pet peeve on the order of
> assuming that Linux == Red Hat.  Linux != Red Hat and X != FVWM.  (For
> that matter, Linux GUI != X, but I couldn't tell you the name or handle
> of a single person who uses a non-X GUI...)
> 
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Clay Fandre
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