Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 2nd May 2009 10:23 UTC, submitted by Luis
Yes boys and girls, it's Net Applications time. Sure, their figures are flawed, and sure, they're misused all over the non-scientifically educated media, but that doesn't mean they do not indicate trends. One of those trends was a slowly rising popularity of Linux, which hit 0.93% market share in August 2008, only to sink back again during the following months. Well, it's 
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RE[6]: Desktop Linux Suckage Series
by DrillSgt on Mon 4th May 2009 04:29
in reply to "RE[5]: Desktop Linux Suckage Series"
Member since:2005-12-02
LOL. this is more than a little silly. Only in the Linux world of transparent development has it allowed me direct access to the developers. In fact if you really want I can point you to a vast array of bugzillas and checkpoint of bugs I have had fixed for me. Thats not to say that demanding developers give priory to your bugs, or features.
That said MS Support when I last used it, was very helpful...but did not fix any bugs, but if you have any idea how programming works, or bugfixing in a corporate environment works, fixes can take week, and I suspect your bugs will join the queue like everyone else.
Interesting in Linux there is lots of levels of paid support as well check out Ubuntu.
That said MS Support when I last used it, was very helpful...but did not fix any bugs, but if you have any idea how programming works, or bugfixing in a corporate environment works, fixes can take week, and I suspect your bugs will join the queue like everyone else.
Interesting in Linux there is lots of levels of paid support as well check out Ubuntu.
Interesting. The developers actually answer you? You must be one of the chosen few then. Have you ever actually submitted a bug report to KDE/GNOME/The Kernel/etc?? If it got accepted, and they allow you to submit, then you are known. I get rejection slips...how about the eh? Not anyone can help out with OSS. Maybe your experience is different, mine, the developers never fix a bug or add a feature they themselves do not want. That is my experience. I still use it yes, but am done trying to contribute to it. Contributions are not wanted.
RE[7]: Desktop Linux Suckage Series
by darknexus on Mon 4th May 2009 08:41
in reply to "RE[6]: Desktop Linux Suckage Series"
Member since:2008-07-15
Gnome, to take one of your examples, is a massive project. I know that for the components for which I've submitted reports, I've at least gotten a response from the developers, though that doesn't mean my request was prioritized as high as I'd've liked it to be. 
The amount of developers working on projects like Gnome is massive.
It's too bad you've had such experiences but, then again, we have pigheaded fools everywhere and that includes some open source devs--even if they're really smart programmers, they can still be idiots when it comes to their attitude. I've run up against a few like that, but not as many as you seem to have done.
RE[7]: Desktop Linux Suckage Series
by cyclops on Mon 4th May 2009 20:51
in reply to "RE[6]: Desktop Linux Suckage Series"
Member since:2006-03-12
Interesting. The developers actually answer you? You must be one of the chosen few then. Have you ever actually submitted a bug report to KDE/GNOME/The Kernel/etc?? If it got accepted, and they allow you to submit, then you are known. I get rejection slips...how about the eh? Not anyone can help out with OSS. Maybe your experience is different, mine, the developers never fix a bug or add a feature they themselves do not want. That is my experience. I still use it yes, but am done trying to contribute to it. Contributions are not wanted.
lol. It must be the way you ask questions.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
The link is by Eric Steven Raymond. Its not a linux skill or even on an OS skill its a Life skill. Whatever you think of Eric its an awesome document.
The fact that there are a whole host of large projects with bugs marked fixed submitted by Users is probably a sign that as opposed to me being the chosen one. Its you who simply does not know how to act.
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Selfish in the respect that not anyone can submit patches to projects. Bug reports get marked down as "Won't fix" commonly if developers do not feel a want for that item. In order to submit a patch or assist in any way, you must be approved by the project at hand before they will even listen to what you have to say. Basically things fall on generally deaf ears. No, I will not post the emails back refusing assistance since I am not "Known" to the "community".
Linux is good, however this is one attitude that needs to change. At least when I call MS, they fix the bug that is reported, and usually pretty quick if you are a paying customer.
LOL. this is more than a little silly. Only in the Linux world of transparent development has it allowed me direct access to the developers. In fact if you really want I can point you to a vast array of bugzillas and checkpoint of bugs I have had fixed for me. Thats not to say that demanding developers give priory to your bugs, or features.
That said MS Support when I last used it, was very helpful...but did not fix any bugs, but if you have any idea how programming works, or bugfixing in a corporate environment works, fixes can take week, and I suspect your bugs will join the queue like everyone else.
Interesting in Linux there is lots of levels of paid support as well check out Ubuntu.