On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:49:58 +0200 "Mehrdad" <wfunct...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 at 17:29:17 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:02:24PM +0200, Timon Gehr wrote: > >> The issue is that in one case you know how to fix it and in > >> the other one you do not (and you care less about it because > >> you prefer to think Windows is superior as it is what you use > >> '99% of the time'), not that the problems are inherently > >> (un)fixable. > > > > Yeah, that's one of the things that irks me about Windows > > culture. It's touted as being "user-friendly" and "easy to > > use", etc., but actually it requires just as much effort as > > learning to use Linux. People complain about how Linux is hard > > to use or things break for no reason, but the same thing > > happens with Windows -- you either do things the Windows way > > (which requires that you learn what it is), or you quickly run > > into a whole bunch of gratuitous incompatibilities and bugs > > that nobody cares about because you aren't "supposed" to do > > things that way. > > > Yeah, they're "fixable" by your definition all right. > > It's just that when you ask people how, either no one you ask > knows why, or they try to convince you that you're an idiot for > even thinking about asking." > > Relevant examples: > > It's next-to-impossible to go on a forum and ask about fixing a > boot-sector GRUB install without some fool coming along and > diverting the entire thread into "Why the hell isn't GRUB > installed on your MBR?" > > When you have a (God forbid!) space character in your > directory/file names and some program chokes on it? > "Stop putting spaces in your file names." > > When you ask how to make a passwordless account or how to obtain > permanent root privileges? > "Are you insane?!" > > When you ask if there is a defragmenter for Linux? > Some fool comes along and says "Linux doesn't need > defragmentation!!!!!!!!!" > > When you ask why the fonts are blurry? > "It's just different, you're just picky. Get used to it." > > When you ask why the touchpad is so darn hypersensitive? > "Modify the source code." > Yea, as much as there is I like about Linux (and I intend to switch to it for my primary system), I've always considered the "culture" surrounding it to be one of Linux's biggest liabilities. You should have seen the shitstorm I had to put up with when inquiring about a text-mode editor (so I could use it through SSH) that worked more like Kate/Gedit and less like VI/Emacs/Nano. Of course, I did make the mistake of *mentioning* the forbidden word: Windows. But still, I mean, grow up people: it's a fucking OS, not a religion. (I even got responses that outright ignored the "text-mode" part and suggested various GUI editors.) There are certainly *good* helpful mature users too, though. It'd be unfair, and patently untrue, for me to say that *all* the Linux culture is screwy like that. But there's too much.