On 14/05/09 19:57, Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 14.05.2009 um 13:16 schrieb Vincenzo Ciancia: > >> If every case can be argued to be uncommon, why worrying at all with >> fixing bugs? No bug affects all users. >> > > Good point. Having no common case means bugs have to be taken > seriously independent of how many users are affected. If each bug > affects only one percent of the users, there likely won't be any > users left with a smooth experience, after all. >
This exact point has me currently attempting to solve the problem of "hardware incompatibility" in another way. I'm looking at buying a Powerbook, and running my desktop as a virtual machine under OSX. I have no desire to become an OSX user, but the pot-luck user experience I've personally experienced with Debian and Ubuntu over the past decade with incompatible hardware has me often pulling my hair out. Buying pre-installed Ubuntu machines or Linux "Compatible" hardware has also not been a pleasant experience. I've personally had incompatibilities over the years with: wifi, sata, raid, ethernet, sleep, keyboards, video drivers, mice, scsi, pcmcia, palm, nokia, ipod, ptp, usb modems, ups, cd, dvd and bluetooth headphones, to name the ones that readily come to mind. There are days when I wonder if Linux will ever get ahead of the curve. As popularity increases, expectations mount, bug reports increase, noise level goes up, work-load goes up, dissatisfaction goes up, morale drops, momentum stalls, and then - fubar. -- Onno Benschop Connected via Bigpond NextG at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - o...@itmaze.com.au -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
