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> Some apps are so poorly thought out in terms of UI that they're almost impossible to use. Considering most of those apps probably are open source why don't y

> Some apps are so poorly thought out in terms of UI that they're almost impossible to use. Considering most of those apps probably are open source why don't you help out and improve them?

nicky0 9y ago
That's fine for a competent developer with a lot of time on their hands, but do you consider this to be a practical approach for the average Linux user?
- hackits 9y ago
  Average users don't use Linux. Considering that you're getting thousands of man months for free by using the kernel and open source tools I would imagine you pitching in to help with a little bit of your time.
  - nicky0 9y ago
    What about sysadmins, web developers... ? This is what I mean by average Linux user. These people aren't coding native apps all day. The class of people qualified to contribute to open source Linux utilities is a subset of Linux users.
  - nkkollaw 9y ago
    > Average users don't use Linux You'd be surprised. My sister uses Ubuntu (no idea how she got the idea), and she's in a totally different field. > Considering that you're getting thousands of man months for free by using the kernel and open source tools I would imagine you pitching in to help with a little bit of your time. People release open source projects for different reasons. I don't think it should be required physically or ethically to have to pitch in to help, even if one was capable of. Fixing other people's code in a disk partitioner or text editor is not what I'm passionate about nor what I want to spend time on. Then, I'd rather pay (as I do) for Sublime Text and start working on things that I care about already (on macOS—which I definitely pay for).
nkkollaw 9y ago
Many reasons. While I can tell that something is a pain to use, I'm not a designer, and I don't know how to fix it. Kind of when your car makes a noise or breaks down and you're not a mechanic. I can't technically because I don't program for the desktop, and I don't have the time nor energy, and prefer/have to pay people to do it for me. I have to tell you, I love how whenever someone criticizes Linux there's a comment saying "it's open source, fix it yourself". I think this is exactly the problem and attitude that plagues most Linux distros. Criticizing is helping.

> Some apps are so poorly thought out in terms of UI that they're almost impossible to use. Considering most of those apps probably are open source why don't you help out and improve them?

nicky0 9y ago

That's fine for a competent developer with a lot of time on their hands, but do you consider this to be a practical approach for the average Linux user?

hackits 9y ago
Average users don't use Linux. Considering that you're getting thousands of man months for free by using the kernel and open source tools I would imagine you pitching in to help with a little bit of your time.
- nicky0 9y ago
  What about sysadmins, web developers... ? This is what I mean by average Linux user. These people aren't coding native apps all day. The class of people qualified to contribute to open source Linux utilities is a subset of Linux users.
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  > Average users don't use Linux You'd be surprised. My sister uses Ubuntu (no idea how she got the idea), and she's in a totally different field. > Considering that you're getting thousands of man months for free by using the kernel and open source tools I would imagine you pitching in to help with a little bit of your time. People release open source projects for different reasons. I don't think it should be required physically or ethically to have to pitch in to help, even if one was capable of. Fixing other people's code in a disk partitioner or text editor is not what I'm passionate about nor what I want to spend time on. Then, I'd rather pay (as I do) for Sublime Text and start working on things that I care about already (on macOS—which I definitely pay for).

nkkollaw 9y ago

Many reasons. While I can tell that something is a pain to use, I'm not a designer, and I don't know how to fix it. Kind of when your car makes a noise or breaks down and you're not a mechanic. I can't technically because I don't program for the desktop, and I don't have the time nor energy, and prefer/have to pay people to do it for me. I have to tell you, I love how whenever someone criticizes Linux there's a comment saying "it's open source, fix it yourself". I think this is exactly the problem and attitude that plagues most Linux distros. Criticizing is helping.