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Originally Posted by scooper  My basic point about all this is that the needs of "regular users" vs. hobbyists/geeks need not be mutually exclusive.
I'd love to see (for once) newbies having a smooth path to achieving expertise, if that's what they want. Experts were newbies at one point, but had to do a lot of suffering and patient digging to get where they are. It shouldn't have to be that way.
I'd also love to see experienced users get more support, beyond what they manage to give each other. Just because we _can_ solve a problem the hard way doesn't mean we always want to, or can afford to.
More resources like cheat sheets, sample working configurations, troubleshooting guides, etc. would be wonderful. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. |
Personally, I'm fine with the system as it is. Not everyone is going to want to understand their operating system. So, I don't see the 'smooth path' as necessary.
As for more advanced users fixing problems, the early adopter crowd will always move to something else. The great thing about "Linux" is that there are more than enough distributions to keep everyone happy. Want to tinker? Go use Gentoo and Slackware. Need something for the kids? Maybe they'll like edubuntu. You get the idea.