Linked by Iain Alexander on Thu 17th Apr 2003 07:28 UTC
Several days ago I wrote a rather scathing article about my utter dismay and disappoint with Mandrake 9.1 and by association, Linux as a whole. Since then I have had many many flames and equally as many agreeing emails (is there a simple opposite word for flame?) Since then I have been trying, really really trying to get my system working fully. But time and again I'm coming up against the same brick wall of (un)usability, computer esotericism and down right idiocy. 
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I see that linux hasn't changed much in the last few years. I remember this exact same type of disastrous nightmare 4 or 5 years ago when I decided to give it a try. I'm sure it supports a lot more snazzy and sparkly stuff now -- but all in all it still seems like the same disorganised mess it was before. I have a couple friends who had the same sort of problems with Redhat a few months ago.
Fortunately I found the BSDs. Not quite as well suited for the desktop yet (takes a bit of patience) but the overall system is a lot more organised. Ironically whenever I have problems it's usually when installing/using linux software.
I might try debian again eventually -- as I recall they seemed to have their act together.