On 18/04/18 07:40 PM, André Felipe Carvalho wrote:
>
> That's Linux. That's the world we live in. One must know about everything,
> must compile things, must deal with compilations and installations of
> libraries and installations of installations of libraries ;-))
"Must"? what's with this "must"?
I've never had to compile DT or lensfun or anything else about Linux ... not for
over ten years, and that was a matter of my personal amusement. As far as the
'must' goes, it must be out near the 25 year mark, and that was, as they say, a
matter of 'gainful employment'.
The only 'must' I've had about DT is following Patrick's advice on the
distribution to use for the latest update, some of his advice on modules and
some of Tobias's advice on reading the user manual. But then RTFM is *always* a
'must', isn't it :-)
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not pissed of ;-) I'm just thinking about how Linux
> is still hundred years behind the common user. My mom, for instance. Linux is
> for the braves.
And yet I hear from many people who they installed it for their Mom, their
grandparents and more, who had no problems with it. I think of all the embedded
systems, from my cell phone and router to the local traffic lights controller,
that run Linux and give no problems.
> I'm a programmer, also. Java, wicket, html, that kind of stuff. And a linux
> fan and even more of dt. But ... sometimes... it's so hard to live in this
> world...
I wonder at times ... There's the old saying about 'if the only tool you have is
a hammer, then you see every problem as a nail'. Perhaps the issue here is that
you *are* a programmer and so see the solution in terms of the
programming/compiling cycle, whereas those of us who are of a primarily
photographic mindset don't.
--
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion,
and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.
--Timothy Jones
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