Re:Schools should be using open source software
by prmoustache on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @08:42AM
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> For the 95% use case it's fine but the 5% where stuff just breaks is infuriating.
This applies to all OSes.
> I don't want to navigate between a bunch of files and waste time editing config files for hours.
Not something you usually do on Linux but well.
> Give me a UI that tells me how to fix my shit.
My understanding of the UI on proprietary OSes when something needs to be fixed is they don't tell you at all how to fix their shit. You just enter an insane loop of "please wait while we fix your issues" dialog windows which almost never solve the issue.
At least in the FOSS world you can usually look at the logs and understand the error. Open the windows event viewer and you are mostly faced with codes that you have to search online for a signification.
This applies to all OSes.
> I don't want to navigate between a bunch of files and waste time editing config files for hours.
Not something you usually do on Linux but well.
> Give me a UI that tells me how to fix my shit.
My understanding of the UI on proprietary OSes when something needs to be fixed is they don't tell you at all how to fix their shit. You just enter an insane loop of "please wait while we fix your issues" dialog windows which almost never solve the issue.
At least in the FOSS world you can usually look at the logs and understand the error. Open the windows event viewer and you are mostly faced with codes that you have to search online for a signification.