my little rant...

[Xen]

Nino Novak schreef op 10-11-2017 11:28:
> Am 10.11.2017 um 10:12 schrieb Xen:
>> Just a little rant here [...]
> 
> +1
> 
> Though I love GNU/Linux (or better, _because_ I love it) I feel so
> frustrated when having to invest hours to find out how some simple 
> thing
> works.

Indeed, if you didn't need it or want it, you would just walk away and 
not be frustrated by it.


> And, BTW I also feel frustrated seeing this strange "progress" from 
> kde3
> to kde4, plasma, whatever you look at...
> 
> It might be a progress when looking the abstraction level, but at every
> progress level the maturity of the whole system seems to decrease. So 
> we
> buy a better abstraction and pay with less efficiency/usability. The
> better it gets the worse it performs. _F_r_u_s_t_r_a_t_i_n_g_!!!
> 
> Is there a systemic/social "setting", paramter, paradigm or somesuch,
> that could help creating a better user experience? My own suggestion
> would be to unify all the FLOSS activities, so that instead of
> increasing diversification we get more 
> confluence/integration/cooperation.

I think the problem is a sort of increase in nervosity.

It's not just here.

Windows 10 is much more nervous than Windows 7 which is more nervous 
than Windows XP was.

I personally believe the high amount of radiation (wifi, cell) entices 
the ... well, I think our bodies actually become more nervous.

I think our nervous system, becomes more nervous.

It seems most people in the entire world these days, particularly the 
western world, are living hypertensed lives aggravated not only by 
physical effects (radiation) but also by the design of the devices 
themselves (twitter, whatsapp, instagram, facebook, notification after 
notification).



Attention span has been reduced by the epitomic "180 character limit" 
(or whatever it is)

which has led to "writing longhand letters" or any letters at all to 
become a form of criminal offense.


People get really angry if they have to read more than 6 lines of text.


At the same time companies are moving away from "ownership" of software 
to "rental" of software which is a more nervous thing because the moment 
your money runs out, you lose everything.

A rapid release cycle of software is also nervous.

Ubuntu is focussing (or was focussing) on experimental things like 
Snaps,

Windows is focussing on experimental things like Cortana and Edge
and other stuff people don't want.



Windows 10 tile interface is nonsensical and dysfunctional and the 
biggest reason Windows Phone failed.

"Hybrid" devices was a bad idea to begin with, the convergence of 
tablet/laptop or tablet/desktop was a bad idea to begin with.

Meanwhile the Ubuntu release cycle is extremely rapid.

I'm still on 16.04. I still want to use kernel 4.6.

It's not available, we're on 4.10 now and 4.13 coming on.

I wanted 4.6 because that was the first one that had nouveau for my 
graphics card and I like to take baby steps, also with regards to any 
patches I had written.

Etc.

Everything goes too fast for me, also because of exterior reasons.


Whenever a version of (K)ubuntu is released the devs don't even wait to 
look at what they have done, they immediately rush on to the next thing.

People are somehow discontent and in a panic.

Thinking that the *next thing* will be the solution to their misery.

Their anxiety.

It's a runaway train, a rush to nowhere.

Thank you for your response.