FreeBSD FTW! ;)
-Juan
On 12/14/11 5:09 PM, "Alexander Johannesen"
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>MJ Ray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I humbly suggest that long futz times are only necessary these days
>> when most of the following combine:
>>
>
>Hmm.
>
>
>> 1. unsupported/hard-to-support hardware (maybe bought for compatibility
>> with another even-fussier operating system?);
>>
>
>Yes, this is the big offender, however I've never met an Ubuntu first
>install that didn't work good on the first try. It's only when you start
>tweaking stuff it seems it falls down a little.
>
>
>> 2. control-freakery ("it must work/look exactly THIS way RIGHT NOW
>> without me doing much");
>>
>
>Yes, hackers tweak, it's in their nature. They also know the consequences
>of hacking and tweaking, so I'm not sure this is bad thing per se. I
>personally went Linux *because* I like tweaking and then fixing my messes
>(my blog is full of angry anecdotes and stories about just this, some
>sillier than others), and there is one difference between (at least) the
>Windows world and the Linux world; fixing a broken Linux is tons easier
>than fixing a broken Windows, so even if we do talk about stuff getting
>broken the fixes are not even comparable.
>
> 3. not good at asking for technical help online or being patient with
>> LUGs;
>>
>
>Hardly ever used this.
>
>
>> 4. not willing to find and/or pay local experts;
>>
>
>I pay myself all the time.
>
>
>> 5. not willing to search/read the copious fine manuals or debug logs.
>>
>
>The amount of fragmented and irrelevant information out there is inverse
>proportional to the time you thought it would take to fix your problem.
>
> I guess newcomers still have to get used to
>> basics like having 5 or more useful mouse buttons instead of 1...
>>
>
>With the (reasonably) few mishaps I've had while updating and installing
>Ubuntu versions, I'm still a happy hacker that never regretted the move,
>even if the journey has been bumpy at times. However, a word of warning
>about Ubuntu is that it is moving in a direction that, to me, is
>completely
>wrong, so I'm switching to Mint (with that Gnome 3 layer that makes it
>Gnome 2 compatible). Unity is a travesty, and the people who hate it the
>most are ... the tweakers and hackers. Just sayin'
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Alex
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