
A reader asks:
Why is Linux still not as user friendly as the two other main OSes with all the people developing for Linux? Is it because it is mainly developed by geeks?
My initial feeling when reading this question was that it was kind of a throwaway, kind of a slam in disguise as a genuine question. But the more I thought about it, the more intrigued I felt. There truly are a large amount of resources being dedicated to the development of Linux and its operating system halo (DEs, drivers, apps, etc). Some of these resources are from large companies (IBM, Red Hat, Novell). Why isn't Linux more user-friendly? Is this an inherent limitation with open source software?
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2007-03-06
I thought we were talking about user friendliness.
It was a windows piece of software installed through msi. The software's purpose is irrelevant, it uses a "standard" (one of them) windows install process.
You don't even have to edit anything, there's a gui for that, but you can also go to skype.com, download the deb and install, anyway.
Edited 2009-08-24 17:22 UTC