Problems Linux Enthusiasts Refuse to Address

[Michael Haney]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Anthony Papillion <papillion at gmail.com> wrote:
> I totally agree with this article, Michael. We in the community sit by
> and complain about how much we wish adoption would be greater yet we're
> doing VERY little to make it easier or newbies to come on board. It'
> just a step up from the 'I don't care if you use it or not, I write it
> for those smart enough to figure it out' mentality that used so permeate
> the community a few years ago,
>
> As a Linux software developer, I've made it my goal to make user
> friendly software that interest general consumers. Linux shouldn't just
> be about super geeks anymore. It's time to come out of the basement. lol
>
> Thanks for the article,
> Anthony
>

You're welcome.  As an intermediate Linux user this is also very
important to me.  Because there are things that I don't know how to do
still, and some of the things that are left out of the Ubuntu UI
and/or the manual (mostly concerning the lack of any ability to change
your monitor settings) were really frustrating for me.  For a newbie,
I can tell you it would be a roadblock that would turn them off of
Linux probably forever.

That's unacceptable, and the community shouldn't allow it to happen
but it does.  Then they bitch about Linux not being adopted as much as
they'd like.  Its little things like this that would go a long way
towards making it easier for non-geeks to adopt Linux.  Having a "this
is not windows" mentality doesn't serve anyone and only hurts Linux in
the end.

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