Re: OFT say you have our attention on M$

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:04:36 -0000, Beck
<beck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And maybe all of the above is why some people find it so frustrating? I
> keep removing linux out of frustration but usually a week after I reinstall
> it again because i know it has alot to offer me and I do not need to be a
> windows sap forever. Not only that, but I feel learning linux may improve
> my chances of getting some work when I am fit and ready.
> I do struggle with it and do find it complicated and very frustrating at
> times. In these past few months I have more frustration with linux than I
> ever had with 9 yrs of windows. That said, I am willing to give it a go and
> do my best. The complications do not worry me but I can see why other
> people are scared away from it. maybe it is down to the geeky image that
> linux still holds for many people. People generally don't want
> complications, they want something easy to use and if the image linux
> portays is of somethign which is not easy to use then people will avoid it.

And people who do try to use it get put off by Linux users either going
into massive detail ("I just want to install the thing, not rewrite
it!") or saying "Read the F. manual" without saying /which/ manual or
admitting that perhaps the f. manual is not exactly perfect. A friend
of mine has just been flamed by one of the Gentoo developers for daring
to ask if anyone is willing to help (the manual is online, which is very
good except if something goes wrong part way through and you can't use
the computer to access it, which is what my friend was asking about).
Oh, that same Gentoo developer gave me instructions which would have
converted my whole machine to the 'testing' branch, when what I wanted
was instructions about testing one package (and didn't bother telling me
that her instructions would have messed up the whole machine).

In many ways the Linux advocates are their own worst enemy. They either
make claims which would put a double glazing salesman to shame ("it will
do everything you need!") or they insult the people they are trying to
convert by insulting anyone who dares to use Windows or say that Linux
isn't perfect.

Chris C
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