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> Then don't run any software, that's cleary the best solution to avoiding software bugs if you don't actually care about getting anything done. Or that everyo

> Then don't run any software, that's cleary the best solution to avoiding software bugs if you don't actually care about getting anything done. Or that everyone should run maintained software? I don't know why you're making it so black and white. > I notice them, they just cause a lot less pain than not being able to use the software I want because it hasn't been curated by a third party for whatever particular distro I'm using. I didn't find them any less painful than software not working. I've never been so angry about a computer than when using some unmaintained Windows' software.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> Or that everyone should run maintained software? I don't know why you're making it so black and white. Because sometimes the software you want to run isn't maintained anymore and all the alternatives are worse for your use case and there's nothing you can do about it. That's just how it is. > I didn't find them any less painful than software not working. I've never been so angry about a computer than when using some unmaintained Windows' software. Please explain how "software works with some issues" is somehow more painful than "software doesn't work at all".
- Avamander 6y ago
  > Please explain how "software works with some issues" is somehow more painful than "software doesn't work at all". One is frustrating for a second, it just doesn't work, second is frustrating for a longer period of time. The total frustration is larger with the latter. There usually is a better solution than buggy software, at least with consumer stuff. If someone writes a shitty GPU driver, it's probably a better idea to return the GPU than to fiddle it working. At least that's what I think, based on my experience.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
    > One is frustrating for a second, it just doesn't work, second is frustrating for a longer period of time. The total frustration is larger with the latter. One could say that the former is frustrating for infinity because it never works. > There usually is a better solution than buggy software, at least with consumer stuff. If someone writes a shitty GPU driver, it's probably a better idea to return the GPU than to fiddle it working. At least that's what I think, based on my experience. Usually, sometimes, maybe. Other times the old software either worked better for your use case or is literally the only option. That's my experience.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago

> Or that everyone should run maintained software? I don't know why you're making it so black and white. Because sometimes the software you want to run isn't maintained anymore and all the alternatives are worse for your use case and there's nothing you can do about it. That's just how it is. > I didn't find them any less painful than software not working. I've never been so angry about a computer than when using some unmaintained Windows' software. Please explain how "software works with some issues" is somehow more painful than "software doesn't work at all".

Avamander 6y ago
> Please explain how "software works with some issues" is somehow more painful than "software doesn't work at all". One is frustrating for a second, it just doesn't work, second is frustrating for a longer period of time. The total frustration is larger with the latter. There usually is a better solution than buggy software, at least with consumer stuff. If someone writes a shitty GPU driver, it's probably a better idea to return the GPU than to fiddle it working. At least that's what I think, based on my experience.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
  > One is frustrating for a second, it just doesn't work, second is frustrating for a longer period of time. The total frustration is larger with the latter. One could say that the former is frustrating for infinity because it never works. > There usually is a better solution than buggy software, at least with consumer stuff. If someone writes a shitty GPU driver, it's probably a better idea to return the GPU than to fiddle it working. At least that's what I think, based on my experience. Usually, sometimes, maybe. Other times the old software either worked better for your use case or is literally the only option. That's my experience.