Re:This thread is scaring me (Score 1)

Let's be honest here. The majority of people against some form of base-level "userproof" GUI are afraid that if Linux becomes a mainstream OS then they won't be able to thumb their noses at the Winblows and Mac users of the world and claim technical superiority. Business practices aside, the ONLY thing wrong with Windows is that the underlying system (and most applications) are utter crap. The INTERFACE of both OS's are fine for the average user. The beauty of Linux is that it's flexible enough (and has the potential) to accomodate all levels of users. Why not distribute new versions with a "Standard" (read: basic) GUI that is intuative and simple to use that the user doesn't have to do a thing to set up. Then, as the user gains more experience they can experiment with different desktop configurations or even other window managers entirely. This would have no effect whatsoever on the ability of "power-users" to tweak and twiddle to their heart's content. The point is that as long as Linux remains difficult to install and non-intuative to use (for the novice user) it will always be just a super-powerful but sadly under-used OS. Remember that the average "computer user" doesn't give a rat's ass about how incredibly configurable their operating system is. They just want to be able to do their work or play their games.