interesting article, for all those who think Ubuntu is already easy

Scott James Remnant scott at ubuntu.com
Wed May 24 10:29:09 BST 2006


On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 10:22 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:

> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:28:15PM +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> 
> > Ubuntu is getting easier to use, but I have enocuntered a mindset that the 
> > configuration should not be made easier so that only those who know how to 
> > can alter their configuration, this is a wrong attitude, and it discourages 
> > people.
> 
> Given a choice between making it easier to configure something and 
> making it unnecessary to configure it, we should always choose the 
> latter. Having a lot of options that should "just work" makes it harder 
> for people to find the (fairly small) number of options that /are/ 
> absolutely required.
> 
Did I ever mention that you're my hero?

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
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