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If you read “everything broken for non-expert users that can't compile their own kernel modules”, how long has it been since you used Linux? Your example is sp
by erlehmann_ 10y ago
If you read “everything broken for non-expert users that can't compile their own kernel modules”, how long has it been since you used Linux?
Your example is spot on. I once spent over an hour with a friend who wanted to test a multimedia application [1] on OS X and tried to help her installing it. In the end it turned out that installing the needed C compiler and SDL dependencies – a task that is only an “apt-get install” away on Debian – was a lot harder on OS X than we both had expected.
[1] IBNIZ: http://pelulamu.net/ibniz/ http://pelulamu.net/ibniz/
- uola 10y agoWhile I agree that Linux has become better in this regard, this is not a good example of it. That you have problem running a cross platform application on a platform that has much larger ecosystem of users and experienced developers and that also have well established native alternatives is damaging the Linux ecosystem more than anything.
- erlehmann_ 10y agoI do not understand, which cross-platform application are you referring to?