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I really don't think that world does still exist, at least not quite in the same way. Even on today's Linux systems, there's a huge barrier between using the sy
by ryukafalz 6y ago
I really don't think that world does still exist, at least not quite in the same way. Even on today's Linux systems, there's a huge barrier between using the system and changing something about it. I wrote a little bit about this a while back: https://jfred.dreamwidth.org/479.html https://jfred.dreamwidth.org/479.html
Suffice to say, I think many more people would make small changes that make their lives easier if if were easy and straightforward to do so as a user. Right now, it's not.
- api 6y agoI think the answer to this part of it is at the bottom of that rant: the increase in complexity. The barrier you describe exists because there is so much damn complexity in modern systems, much of it unnecessary.