Ooops, we made Linus leave : (choices and punishment)

[Timothy Murphy]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:

>>>> In fact, most of the time I'm using applications - kmail, knode,
>>>> Firefox - and I just want to get to them as simply and quickly as
>>>> possible. I realize this is sacrilege, but I actually think
>>>> Windows XP is much better organized from this point of view.
>>>> except for the multiple desktop idea, which I find great.
>>>
>>> How is Windows XP better in this regard?
>>
>> Applications installed in Fedora/KDE may or may not
>> appear in the F-menu, and if they do appear there
>> I find it impossible to predict where they will appear,
>> eg does anyone understand the difference between Administration,
>> System and Settings?
>> I find no such ambiguity in the Control Panel under Windows.
> 
> Hey Timothy I am trying to determine if there is a valid problem that
> deserves a report. You referred specially to kmail, knode and Firefox,
> but you start of by mentioning the Administration, System and Settings
> menu -- I am not sure how that is relevant to comparing your use cases
> on Fedora and WinXP as neither of those apps fall under those
> categories.
...
> But back on the question, how is your usage of these type of apps
> easier in WinXP than in Fedora?

I was making 2 different points, neither of which deserves a report.
The first was that there were a number of niggling changes
between KDE-3 and KDE-4, which to me appeared pointless,
probably because my usage of Fedora is rather lowly.

The second, completely unrelated, point was that
I often, perhaps usually, find things are better organized in Windows XP
than in Fedora.
This is not all that important.
It is a bit like the difference between two supermarkets
where the items are organized in a more logical way in one
which makes it easier for me to find the butter,
and I just hope the manager of the second
occasionally looks in the first to see how things are done there.
It's not so important as the quality of the butter.

As an example, compare the way that WiFi is presented in the two.
In Windows XP I go to "Connect to" and generally find whatever I need.
In Fedora I have to negotiate my way around a kind of maze.