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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Konqueror blocking due to NS Plugins
From:       "Elio Cuevas" <elcugo () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-09-26 18:48:20
Message-ID: a29e06b20709261148v65b6253epdab2eae4ecd93960 () mail ! gmail ! com
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2007/9/26, Stephan Johach <lucardus@onlinehome.de>:
>
> Am Mittwoch 26 September 2007, 14:02:26 schrieb Randy Kramer:
> > On Wednesday 26 September 2007 03:31 am, koos vriezen wrote:
> > > Have you any statistics on this. My feeling is that the average user
> > > does know about top, ps and kill. Even a significant percentage knows
> > > how to write these utils.
> >
> > The current "average" (i.e., mean, median) user of Linux might indeed
> know
> > about top, ps, and kill, which is sort of a disappointment.  I'd like to
> > see Linux and kde become more suitable to the user who doesn't know
> about
> > top, ps, and kill.
>
> The average user only needs to know Ctrl-Esc.


Sure, but how is she suposed to know what proccess to kill? I know exactly
(well, almost) what each proccess do, but when i go to Windows i see a bunch
of proccess with funny names and go blindinggly killing stuff is asking for
trouble. I can imagine a similar situation for someone coming from Windows
to Linux: "Hey, that 'X' thing is eating my CPU..."

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2007/9/26, Stephan Johach &lt;<a \
href="mailto:lucardus@onlinehome.de">lucardus@onlinehome.de</a>&gt;:<div><span \
class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Am Mittwoch \
26 September 2007, 14:02:26 schrieb Randy Kramer:<br>&gt; On Wednesday 26 September \
2007 03:31 am, koos vriezen wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; Have you any statistics on this. My \
feeling is that the average user<br>&gt; &gt; does know about top, ps and kill. Even \
a significant percentage knows <br>&gt; &gt; how to write these \
utils.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; The current &quot;average&quot; (i.e., mean, median) user of \
Linux might indeed know<br>&gt; about top, ps, and kill, which is sort of a \
disappointment.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#39;d like to <br>&gt; see Linux and kde become more \
suitable to the user who doesn&#39;t know about<br>&gt; top, ps, and kill.<br><br>The \
average user only needs to know Ctrl-Esc.</blockquote><div><br>Sure, but how is she \
suposed to know what proccess to kill? I know exactly (well, almost) what each \
proccess do, but when i go to Windows i see a bunch of proccess with funny names and \
go blindinggly killing stuff is asking for trouble. I can imagine a similar situation \
for someone coming from Windows to Linux: &quot;Hey, that &#39;X&#39; thing is eating \
my CPU...&quot; <br></div><br></div><br>



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