On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > "I will have to inform our Westboro Church of Linux leader Chris Penn > that this guy needs to be excommunicated." > > Indeed... > > I really get annoyed when people bitch about Linux. First, these > people almost always complain about something that does not matter, > IMO, and are usually bitching about something that is not Linux (the > kernel). The noob complaints are usually about some user-space > application that has too many options and needs to be re-themed so > that it matches their 1337 wallpaper. Many times you get a > bitch-a-thon from some jaded Window$ admin who's first failed Linux > experience has lead them to discover that Linux sucks and that FOSS > software is a GIANT fail. > > MOST of the time it does not make sense to blame "Linux" for your > problems. It is your/my/our operating system. If you do not like > Linux, or any other FOSS application, change it. It is not like there > are 5 Linux desktop apps for every task you can imagine. There is no > consensus on how a Linux Desktop should look/act and it will probably > stay this way. > > This article is a perfect example of someone complaining about all the > wrong things. For example, 'poor skype or flash support' is something > to tell the makers of skype and flash about. Flash and skype are not > pieces of hardware but if they were this complaint would still be > stupid. Bottom-line, If skype and flash are not working for you then > skype and flash are the problem. > 'Poor quality of desktop apps?' Whatever, this is silly and > subjective FUD. Open/Libreoffice/kile/gedit works great and in most > cases my desktop apps work 10x better than anything made just for > Window$/OSX. > > Just buy a Mac if you can't handle the learning curve. > > Chris...
Your post shows *exactly* the kind of "linux user" mentality that's going around, and why the linux desktop idea will always fail to come through. The OP submitted a link that describes a person that wants his computers do *do something for him*, instead of him having to dick around with stuff just to get things *barely working*. The current linux desktop situation is a damn lot better than it was 10 years ago, mostly due to Canonical. But, at the end of the day, people want to turn on their computers, run applications, and have it operate the best way possible, which just doesn't happen with Linux today. If you can't see past the ongoing issues, you're pretty much a helpless Linux zealot (fanboi). The day that we have people that realize that the OS is just a tool to do the task at hand, and stop ostracizing users from the other camp, then we'll have a world that can actually progress... -- Dante _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
