On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 20:07:00 -0500 (EST) Bhargav Bhatt wrote:
have Linux substitues. The most important factor however, is the ease of use which is where, most people *think* windows is better than Linux. However, beg to defer. IMHO, all the applications listed on the linux side above are as easy to use as their Windows
Very true. There's one aspect of ease-of-use *perception* that sometimes causes trouble. People migrating from Windows initially expect a renamed Windows, as in, the way the filesystem is laid out etc. I consider current Linux distributions as easy as Windows (OEone is a no-brainer!) to learn from the beginning. Migrants need to be explicitly told that this is a _different_ OS and it's just a matter of time to be at-home with Linux too.
substitute, with the exception of the GIMP. This program, although very powerful, does not present an intuitive interface to the user.
I could do the editing equivalent of MS PhotoEditor just by exploring the items in the right-click menu and following tool-tips for all the tools on the main window. There's an excellent manual available for GIMP at www.gimp.org if you want to master the advanced features. It pays to learn GIMP, IMHO :-)