[Bug 642421] Re: Maverick could not load /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/modules.dep

[John Stewart]

Andrew,

Thanks for your reply, and for keeping the (totally misplaced)
discussion going :)  I too for a long time held the position you have
stated.

My opinion has changed though.  First observe that Macs also have a
command-line interface (though one can get away with using it rarely)
and that game support for Macs is extremely limited compared to Windows.
But mainly, in my professional life I have observed many software
developers -- leading-edge users who otherwise know Unix up and down --
simply wonder away from Linux (to Macs) precisely because of issues such
as this: that Linux installations feel brittle, untested, held together
by hacks and tape.  That's why the optics *are* important.  The attitude
that "oh well it's just a message that flashes by, and hey it doesn't
actually affect the system" in my view is so mistaken.  Things that make
the system seem broken and unstable send the wrong message to end users.

I was very excited when Ubuntu kicked off because I thought, at last
here's an attempt to bring rigour and polish to Linux packaging.
Instead, release after release I see that the old attitudes are still
prevalent.  The new netbook interface in 10.10 is *just terrible*, how
anyone thought to release it without saying, "this is really rough so
play with it and file bugs" is beyond me.    Compare the language here
http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook to the reality here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9953240&postcount=1

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Maverick could not load /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/modules.dep
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