Review sought: Point & Click Linux!

[Jeff Kinz]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 05:23:40PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Randy Edwards wrote:
> >   Has anyone read the book "Point & Click Linux!"?  If so, could you give me 
> >a quick review and if it's appropriate as a Linux intro for your typical 
> >clueless Windows user?
> >
.........................
> That was some years ago, and maybe things have changed.  A quick perusal 
> of the book on Amazon 
> (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131488724/102-3254204-3879334)
> shows that the readers generally liked it, but most found it a bit 
> simplistic.  Since it's meant for an utter newbie, though, I think that 
> that's appropriate.  I guess the bottom line is: buy it, and let us know 
> how it went!  ;-)

According to a comment I say on the Ubuntu IRC channel a few nights
ago, you can't go wrong if you pitch your UI and your documentation
to the "Jessica Simpson" level when looking for mass market consumption.
(Apparently its a reference to some TV episode wherein it was revealed
that the newly married Jessica didn't know how to operate a toaster.

-- 
"The only system which is truly secure, is one which is switched off
and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete
bunker, surrounded by nerve gas and very highly paid armed guards. Even
then, I wouldn't stake my life on it" - Gene Spafford 
(Good thing. the law of unintended consequences: A laptop, w/wireless
NIC and wake on "date" set in the BIOS)

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