On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 04:55:40PM -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote: > songbird <songb...@anthive.com> writes: > > as to specifics why gnome-ppp doesn't work and > >bugs that's the usual "volunteers do what interests > >them." if you want it fixed, get the code and fix > >it. if you want someone else to fix it, pay them. > > Yes, that seems to be the core of the issue. The people actually putting > together these distros are sitting in well-wired offices and never bother to > use dialup themselves, so it never occurs to them to test these parts of the > system. Everything is in disarray. File permissions need changed, config > files need to be edited. It's raw development work that should be done before > the ISO image for the distro is even created. >
The file permissions issue is *very* minor, takes seconds to identify and resolve. And of course, needing to edit config files is perfectly normal, the devs aren't psychic and there are many different hardware setups. Also I think lots of people are using ppp, because that's what you need to connect through a cell modem. I personally appreciate that Debian is more flexible/powerful than idiot-proof, that's one of the major reasons I choose to use it. YMMV... -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120510004011.GA8268@radhesyama
