Five Common Misconceptions About Linux

LockerGnome ^ | 20 June 2012 | Eddie Ringle

[Still Thinking]

That's not what I said. I offered a counterexample (the experience of another user, me) that called into question the conclusion drawn from your example. So it's not a matter of some emotional investment in the value of the UI, which is what you seem to be inferring from my post, but just the result of my experience. Nor have I heard anyone else report the kinds of problems you note, though that doesn't prove much -- I haven't asked and have no idea if they'd volunteer or not.

Bottom line, your friend's experience is a definite outlier in the sum total of Droid experiences of which I'm aware. Why isn't it reasonable for me to question the reason?

[Dan Nunn]

That's not what I said.

Well, you asked if he had a brain, which directly calls into question his abilities vs. the fault of the interface - a very complex interface for non-technophiles, as many, many people agree.

However it is reasonable for you to question the reason, and I did state that I wasn't particularly referring to you in the Linux scheme of things, but the overwhelming situation we see in Linux community is "PEBKAC" - Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair, that is, the user is too dumb. That's why the Linux community is such a turnoff to me.

[Still Thinking]

Well, OK. I guess it’s a matter of perception. It doesn’t seem hard to me, and none of that stuff like mysteriously deleting stuff has ever happened to me, but evidently it’s a horses/courses type situation like most things.

[Dan Nunn]

As someone who trained computer software for several years before starting a web-based software company and fielding some tech-support calls, I can assure you I’ve seen it all :)

I used the Droid X from the day it came out until the day the 4S came out. I sold my iPad (1) to buy a Xoom. But now I’m exclusively Apple.

Different strokes and all that.