Re: [litestep] A theory about the decreasing popularity

On 8/15/07, Arve Barsnes <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 8/15/07, Jon Vanderwoude <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think it is a irronic story, that litestep started out to mimic a
> > unix gui in windows, and grew so much beyond that, but now all of the
> > windows users who used litestep because they liked to tinker have
> > moved to a *nix based system... remarkable how that wheel turns.
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> I think that has more to do with the ease-of-use of the current
> distros versus how much work it took to just install the thing 10
> years ago. I started using LiteStep because I was tired of the way
> things looked in Windows. I had already tried and failed to install
> several Linux distros, so I found it when looking for ways to
> radically change the way my desktop worked. With the years my skills
> have improved and the installation of a Linux system has grown easier,
> and there was love in there, which outgrew my need to keep Windows
> around.
>

My story is different. I've been using Linux as Main or Secondary OS or as a
Server or as nix box in a VM since early 2000 (starting with slackware on a
P200MMX). I've been using LS since early 2000 also, I heard about it on a TV
show called kt3z. I keep using Windows because of games and development.

I convinced many geek friends to try LS in 2000/2001 and they did. But
LS before
OTS was not easy to install and was often unstable. They all
keep an aversion about LS because of difficulties they had back then.
They all modify the look and feel of Windows using various other
programs.
I think the same thing must have happened to many and that LS has often
been categorized prematurely.

As for new geeks, they probably won't
stumble upon LS unless they know what a shell replacement is.