Linked by David Adams on Mon 24th Aug 2009 09:21 UTC
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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RE[11]: Comment by ven-
by vivainio on Mon 24th Aug 2009 21:35
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Yeah, I forgot that the entire Linux community is behind Ubuntu. Thanks for the reminder...
To the extent that it matters for discussion at hand, it is, for better or worse.
Others distros can cater for themselves well enough; e.g. Fedora users are supposed to be more "sophisticated", RHEL users don't need installers for their server side stuff, etc. etc.
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2005-06-30
Autopackage was relevant before Ubuntu came about and cleaned the table.
What you really need is a way to install software by downloading the installer and double-clicking it. And you got that already, the installer is the .deb file.
Yeah, I forgot that the entire Linux community is behind Ubuntu. Thanks for the reminder...