Re: Re[2]: [seul-edu] Linux in Elementry

[Roman Suzi <rnd@onego.ru>]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Lederrey Guillaume wrote:

> > > > > > A Question my wife brought up to me was. If all they have in the classroom
> > > > > > is Linux will they be able to work on windows when they get out of school.
> > > > > > Now my natural reaction was, "If they can use linux then windows should be
> > > > > > simple" anyone else got this kind of response when they mentioned it?
> 
>   Well, I strongly disagree.  I think Linux and windows are
> really different.  

Linux (including distro) is not ONLY different, it is versatile. Nobody
can tell that Linux is this or that. User interface is not as uniform as
under Windows, so I feel like I am confined into something restrictive
when I have a rare need to work in Windows. But then, I do not use GUI
much. If I did use StarOffice, probably I had no difficulties with
Windows.

>I use mainly Linux, and the more I get used to
> linux, the more trouble I have getting on with windows.  I know
> quite a few people that use mainly Linux (or other Unice -
> Solaris) and that have problems when thay go back to Windows.  I
> think you should not underestimate this difficulty.
> 
>   Then, of course, if you teach the concepts well, they are the
> same under Linux and Windows.  But anyway there is an adaptation
> time when switching from one to the other, and that time can be a
> hard time !

Indeed. I do not know how to be productive in Windows apart from 
printing some simple papers.

Sincerely yours, Roman A.Suzi
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