Hello elementaryOS team, I have previously expressed my disappointment with elementaryOS on the 5 Myths blog posts because it actually claims something is a myth when it is not, here: http://elementaryos.org/journal/5-myths-about-elementary (search for MichaelTunnell to see my comment)
Myth: "*Luna is outdated*" That is not a myth, that is an undeniable fact. I was talking to voldyman and he said a response that I have heard from many people on this topic. "It might be old for you but it isn't old for the people who use it." (paraphrased) The above response is a fallacy. The packages in Luna are OLD and therefore elementaryOS is old even after Freya comes out elementaryOS will still be OLD. Whether people care about it being old or not is a different subject. There are many many people who do not care that the packages are old but that doesn't change the fact that they are old. Unfortunately, there are also some people who don't understand that the packages are in fact very old and these people are actually in the worst position because they might care but just don't know about the package age issue. I like elementaryOS as a whole because Pantheon is a pretty cool DE, Slingshot is a pretty nice AppMenu, and there a lot of cool ideas done in elementaryOS in general. Unfortunately, as a Project Manager for an App and as a Linux user who cares about the mystical "new user", elementaryOS actually disappoints me and forces me to recommend people not even try it. ----------- We continued to get support requests from elementaryOS users about a version of our app that has been deprecated for years. It became so tiresome that we created a page just to explain to elementaryOS users that they should never install our app from the official repo and should ONLY use the PPA. - http://ugetdm.com/downloads-elementary ------------ There are many methods to address this issue and I would be happy to assist in figuring out which method is the best if the project team are interested in solving this but at this point I have no choice but to tell people not to use elementaryOS unless they are willing to use a PPA for everything. Just so you know, I do not bring up the subject of elementaryOS with anyone and I do not search for people to tell not to use it. I do not want to have to say to people not to use it but at this point, if someone asks me for my opinion I will give it honestly. I wish I didn't have to steer people away from elementaryOS because it does have a lot of potential but 3 year old, or older, packages (like mine) are not at all acceptable to me. -- Michael Tunnell www.MichaelTunnell.com <http://michaeltunnell.com>
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