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

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Wednesday 24 May 2006 19:22, 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.

Is there some reason why you can't make it easy to configure in teh event that 
it is necessary adn "just work" at teh same time? It does nto seem to me that 
it should be an either/or proposal

Sasha