[Fwd: Re: Two rather negative articles about Ubuntu]

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 14:14 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> I don't see what it has to do with this thread.

"Human beings" interpreted as casual users = non-os-experts,
non-os-hobbyists, non-linux-geeks. These users should not be even
required to edit /etc/apt/sources.list manually, and Ubuntu went to
great lengths to remove the need (with the new update-manager). These
users then should use the provided simple tools and/or read the
instructions, which would have prevented the problem the oreillynet
author had.

If they don't, play with stuff they don't understand, and then end up
breaking the system, IMHO you cannot say it's an Ubuntu bug as such. It
could hint to a usability problem if this is a common occurrence though.