S C wrote:
For months now I have been trying to make Debian behave like a real
OS. However, I still cannot print, format/initialize a new cd or use
one to back up files, get the sound working, watch a movie or read
images from my digital camera. With Windows all this was simple. I
downloaded the relevant program, set it up and it worked. Windows is
supposed to be devilspawn and doomed, and maybe it is. It does,
however, have one saving grace; it works. It works without expecting
me to become a systems engineer.
When I go to someplace like freenode/#debian I am ignored. Maybe I
should say to Hell with Linux and sell my story to Microsoft.
Obviously I don't really want to, but how much longer should I put up
with a partial OS? I don't mind telling you I'm damned sick of it.
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You know...I have been giving this thread alot of thought. I think the
issue is that we the end user expect to much from Linux in general and I
don't think that the average person thinks of certain things. Like, how
long have you been using Windows? I know I have been using Windows for
basically my entire adult life, yet I just started using Linux a little
over a month ago. I realize that things are going to be much more
difficult in Linux, some because Linux is not as user friendly as
Windows, but mostly because it is new to me. When I first started using
Windows way back when, it was difficult to do much of anything also.
I think, we the new user of Linux, need to expect issues and things to
be more difficult, but that's what this mailing list is for, that is
what IRC is for. I have had nothing but great experiences with both of
these and usually I am able to get my issues resolved with help from the
folks there and with some research on my own.
It all boils down to the fact that we have to be willing to put forth a
little bit of work ourselves if we want things to work properly, even in
Windows.
-Eric
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