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I do not mean any technical skills, no user is supposed +to learn how to create scripts and configure things by editing config +files any more. But I often see that users lack the mindset, the way of +thinking which is required by administrating your own *nix system. One +nice example was the KDE switch to 4.x which Trio3b described as fiasco. +But was this fiasco not really caused by the users demand for "the +latest" although KDE stated that 4.0 (and a few following versions) were +not for userland? With the proper mindset users without development +skills would have stayed away from KDE 4 until it was declared as +"userland-ready", which was with 4.2 [1]. This is just one example but +could also be ported to other "fiascos". + +As often said, Linux is a system which forces the user to be a sysadmin +as well - but as a sysadmin you think different than a user does. IMHO +this is one point which is not communicated enough to the user. Of +course, marketing would have a fit seeing the question "Are you ready to +be a sysadmin?" all over the portal site of our Linux distribution. But +isn't this really the question here when we talk about backports, +updates, rolling releases and all the rest? These are expressions and +tasks for a sysadmin, not a user. + +In business we do have IT departments and sysadmins who care for those +things - your average Dilbert in his cubicle is not supposed to care for +updates. But for the user at home we see this dual personality with the +different mindsets to be a given fact. Is that so? + +As you can see, I did not aim at a certain conclusion here, I just let +my thoughts roam free (could well be an exposé for a editor's article). + +[1] Of course, for the real "fiasco" we have to blame a certain +distribution as well which could not wait to be "the first to offer the +new KDE!" and thus caused other distributions to follow. +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20110617/0a76ff20/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005805.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="005807.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#5806">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#5806">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#5806">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#5806">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |