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The subset of people who need the help desk to "find the internet", but also install their own software is pretty small, and if that's the target audience then
by jlarocco 8y ago
The subset of people who need the help desk to "find the internet", but also install their own software is pretty small, and if that's the target audience then the software developer should know that and install the prereqs automatically - either bundled with the app (best option) or by bootstrapping of the OS's built-in package manager (apt, emerge, etc.).
People are generally more tech savvy than ever before, and we're past the point where developers needs to degrade the experience for everybody to target a small group of completely clueless end users.
- pjmlp 8y agoThat point of view is what makes regular consumers flock to Apple, Google and Microsoft platforms instead of GNU/Linux.
- jlarocco 8y agoTo be clear, I'm not trying to sell Linux, and I don't care whether people use it or not. In fact, if gaining users means dumbing things down then I'm happy they go elsewhere - it's probably best for everybody. I was specifically curious what the presenter meant between "run in" vs "run on top of". I've used Windows, OSX, and Linux, and I don't understand what he's getting at. Software runs "on top of" Linux just as much as it does on top of OSX and Windows.