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Where are these weird anti-FOSS statements being bred from? > Those who pay set the agenda for everything. And this different from non FOSS software how? > De
by montjoy 6y ago
Where are these weird anti-FOSS statements being bred from?
> Those who pay set the agenda for everything.
And this different from non FOSS software how?
> Developing a truly polished operating system with a whole ecosystem of services is far, far beyond what volunteers and hobbyists can achieve.
As someone who uses Linux as my primary workstation I disagree. My coworkers that use Mac or Windows seem to have about the same number of issues overall. I mean- look at the article this is about. I’m pretty confident that would be much harder to get away with in the Linux community. Gnome shell is more polished than windows or macOS were at the same age.
> It also requires focus and coordination and someone who is able and willing to say no.
Clearly you haven’t dealt with the Gnome folks who are perfectly willing to say no to features some users scream for. Or read any of Linus’s rants about nvidia.
Edit: formatting
- api 6y agoI crap on FOSS a bit because I like it and wish it got more traction in the mainstream. I intend it as constructive criticism. I've been a FOSS user and sometimes contributor since 1994 when I installed Linux with floppy disks, and have consistently watched FOSS lose the mainstream because they don't grasp the critical importance of UI/UX. I want to write "it has to just work" on a sledgehammer and bash people about the head with it over and over again until they understand that user experience is f'ing EVERYTHING and every installation or setup step required to adopt something roughly halves adoption. This is largely because we are in an age of time and attention poverty.
- bittercynic 6y agoIs it really a goal of most FOSS projects to attract the mainstream? IME some of the highest-quality and longest lived projects know who their users are and provide an extremely high quality product. I don't want to see Arch Linux, for example, to start prioritizing for attracting non-technical users who want it to "just work."
- Sporktacular 6y agoWell you should be thankful our predecessors took making things "just work" seriously enough to remove your need to boot using toggle switch sequences.
- bnegreve 6y agoOh come on! It is not because I spend most of my life inside a terminal that I don't prefer simple things over complicated ones. Technical doesn't mean "unnecessarily complicated", it means "rich, expressive and built for users that are willing to spend some time to learn" (at least it should)
- montjoy 6y agoSorry then. I had read something anti-foss the other day (probably on Reddit) which seemed to have a hidden agenda behind it like in the old days. As far as having a “it just works” experience- sticking with the Lenovo and Dell professional lines has worked out pretty well for me.