A fair point. These days, not much at all. Now, that didn't used to be true, as anyone who has to watch their kernel compiling after a minor tweak can attest.
Just installed Mint 13 and I have to say that from a pure user perspective, it's arrived. I showed it to a certain computer-naive user (sorry, Mom) and she picked up on the UI right away. A lot of stuff I used to say about usability - and it was perfectly deserved - appears to have been addressed.
Yeah, I love the CLI, always have. Model T mechanics used to love the buggy-whip socket (sob!)... ;-)
Yeah, it was a bummer. I haven't compiled a kernel in freaking ages though. The biggest problem I hve is keeping VMware workstation running. If you're running VMWare, don't upgrade your kernel until you know there is a patch for it ahead of time. I've been bitten by that beast so many times it drives me crazy.
Just installed Mint 13 and I have to say that from a pure user perspective, it's arrived. I showed it to a certain computer-naive user (sorry, Mom) and she picked up on the UI right away. A lot of stuff I used to say about usability - and it was perfectly deserved - appears to have been addressed.
That's good to hear. I've had similar luck with folks who aren't nerds. I have a guy that I set up on Fedora 12, and once he got used to it, he likes the fact that it just runs. i talked to him about upgrading to Fedora 16, and he just looked at me and asked "why?". I gotta admit, if it's working, why bother? I stay on the bleeding edge to stay sharp. Someday I'll just say "to heck with it", and run Mint or a similar low-maintennance distro, and just run it til it drops.
Yeah, I love the CLI, always have. Model T mechanics used to love the buggy-whip socket (sob!)... ;-)
LOL. I can relate. I live on a command line, because it is the nature of my job. Someday though, I'll probably cease to care.