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It will never be the year of the linux desktop if they can't put their feet in the shoes of a non-linux hacker.

• sho_hn 5y ago
  > It will never be the year of the linux desktop if they can't put their feet in the shoes of a non-linux hacker. My honest impression is that the developers of the software are often quite in tune with the needs and pains of the users, and the sort of "your problem is not a problem" responses lacking empathy you see are largely from other users. This isn't universally true, but I would say broadly. And even in cases where it isn't that one uncaring dev is often not representative of the project as a whole. What I mean is - I think it's valid to call this a frequent failing of the broader Linux community, with users included. It bothers me as well. But the ones who do the most to make the software are often the ones who do care the most. And for them it's also quite a bad experience when generalizations go the other way.
  • AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    > My honest impression is that the developers of the software are often quite in tune with the needs and pains of the users, and the sort of "your problem is not a problem" responses lacking empathy you see are largely from other users. Perhaps you have never perused the GNOME issue tracker then.