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Interesting, but the main problem with Linux (and mainly the distros) is that until you have someone making someone else or many someones do the unsexy, janitor
by quoderat 18y ago
Interesting, but the main problem with Linux (and mainly the distros) is that until you have someone making someone else or many someones do the unsexy, janitorial tasks that no one enjoys doing, then there will always be exceptionally shoddy, underdeveloped part of any distro based on it.
As the model stands now, I don't see any way around this, and I say that as someone who uses Linxu on my boxes exclusively.
- bmunro 18y agoThe article agrees with you: "People only work on what they want to work on, when they want to work on it. Most people don't see any need to make Linux more attractive to inexperienced end-users: It already does what they want it to do, why should they care if it doesn't work for other people?"
- gaius 18y agoActually this is the source (haha) of ESR's standing in the community: he looks after /etc/termcap, which is something that no-one else wants to do (and doesn't require much if any coding ability).