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Is 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 pro

Is 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 ago
Well 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 ago
  Oh 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)