[off-topic] The thrill has gone ....

[Gavin Chester]

On 02/03/14 08:47, Richard Meyer wrote:

[snip the waffle ;-) ]

> There are few problems - things Just Work (TM).

Mostly, yes. Developers have done tremendous things with Linux over the
past decade, to be sure. The trouble is that the notion of the 'old way'
lingers: having to edit multiple config files, chase down obscure source
files and install them in the correct order after satisfying numerous
dependencies just to get your laptop trackpad to work, for example. In
my experience, in talking to non-believers, that image of "too
complicated" has seemed to be stuck with Linux for the average computer
user. There lies your barrier to wide adoption, IMO.


> Has anybody else feel they've lost the fire?

That's just called getting old, Richard ;-)

-- 
Gavin Chester