Lou wrote:lack of interest in learning Linux
This is probably due to the Linux fragmentation - Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuSe. Linux has lost its branding, and now developers are targeting their applications at distro's, rather Linux and its libraries.
Distro's also insist on modifying applications they ship - usually making them incompatible with the original. Open up your package manager and take a look at the versions of your software, I bet you 90% of them have been touched by your distributor.. Now go on Google and look at 5 different tutorials for Apache. You'll find a different way for each one, due to differences in distro version. This is what destroyed Linux's chance at being a popular operating system. Linux does not have uniform, unlike operating systems such as Windows, Mac, and FreeBSD.. and even that has fragmentation with its 3 variants.
Lou wrote:"some of them have never been to debian.org"
Well, Debian is not Linux. Its an organization that have built and modified their own Linux system.
Lou wrote:A quick glance of the questions gives you a good snapshot of the laziness.
Most people come from an operating system that make functions obvious. Unfortunately Linux developers assume the user knows everything, and does not make their application user-friendly, and Linux documentation is the worst in the industry in my opinion. This is why Linux never kicked on as a Desktop operating system. People don't want to have to consult documentation every time they want to do something, especially when documentation is 50 pages long.
Lou wrote:If they don't have a display manager or 20 icons on the desktop they are at a loss.
GUI's were created for user convenience. What would you rather do? Type
tar xvf archive.tar /home/user/Desktop/ or *click click click*?
I know what I'd rather do. I have better things to do with my time than sitting at a 1970's terminal interface.
Lou wrote:I notice the absence of old regulars and am beginning to understand why.
This is the nature of life. People are always coming and going.
