[clug-talk] Linux Blows...and Sucks

[Dafydd Crosby]

Juan Alberto Cirez wrote:
> Dafydd Crosby wrote:
>>
>> That's interesting, because I've seen many children use Linux as 
>> their sole desktop. And guess what? They don't mind it a bit.
>>
>> Part of it is pre-conceived expectations. When I was a kid, I hated 
>> brussel sprouts, because the expectation set by the cartoons I 
>> watched was "yuck!" However, I eat them all the time now (especially 
>> with steak), because one day when I was pretty plastered some friends 
>> served brussel sprouts and being outside of my expectations I gobbled 
>> them down.
>>
>> I guess the problem is in the advocacy, not the software itself. 
>> Linux is different. It's not always intuitive. But actually it DOES 
>> work for a lot of people (use Google lately?). If you had to pay to 
>> use Linux (the OS and the kernel), I could see the anger and venom, 
>> since you've paid money. But the only thing Linux requires is time. 
>> Complaining about Linux is like trying to bitch at someone handing 
>> out free samples. If you haven't got time, don't switch. Simple.
> Ah, Who says that absolutism is the sole domain of Ayatollahs...
>
> "...If you haven't got time, don't switch. Simple*..." Guess what, 
> that is precisely what people are doing...en mase. That was the 
> objective of my post. To sound the alarm that having spent such a long 
> time in our glass towers, we have forgotten to design software for the 
> masses. It you cannot see this a threat to open source (and GNU/Linux 
> in particular) then all is lost.
> *
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ned4vgKpmZI&feature=related

I think you missed the line prior to that: Complaining about Linux is 
like trying to bitch at someone handing out free samples.

Tell me Juan: What have you done to improve the situation? What projects 
are you volunteering for? Besides being an alarmist, have you 
contributed new UI designs?

A wise man once told me "talk minus action equals sh*t". The source is 
all in the open. Don't bitch, just fix it.