"Why Linux sucks" - Bryan Lunduke at LinuxFest Northwest

Remah · 02. Aug 2014, 02:59 AM

While reading about the Manjaro non-event I watched this video Linux Sucks and summarized the contents. Interesting because, in my opinion, he basically says Linux succeeds because people think it is cool.

Bad
3 mins - forking is dumb
5 mins - the display server X.Org is ooooold
7 mins - replacing good working software with nearly identical software ie as Canonical does
9 mins - the names suck, e.g Utopic Unicorn, blame Fedora and Ubuntu
10 mins - heaps of unmanaged developers produce heaps of unmanaged code - who manages it?
12 mins - get paid -> get power -> get wacky
15 mins - trends based on distrowatch numbers
- the landscape changes very quickly in 1-2 years e.g. interest in elementary takes off and passes Fedora;
19 ins - 1-2 releases per distro per year so lots of duplication of effort and lots of boring repackaging that contributes nothing to advancing *nix

Good
22 mins The community - even forks often get rationalised when one fork dominates and the others are rolled back to using it
26 mins - Hardware issues are getting dealt with
27 mins - Wayland display server needs to be right so take time
32 mins - unmanaged developers make code that works even though rationally it
shouldn't
44 mins - Linux is cool

George.J · 02. Aug 2014, 03:18 AM

Someone forgot that it was free and not just one O.S but a collection of them available..

Remah · 02. Aug 2014, 04:55 AM

My summary grossly simplifies what he talks about.

George.J · 02. Aug 2014, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Remah

My summary grossly simplifies what he talks about.

I was talking about him not you

I just read the thread title...Let me just see the video

Remah · 02. Aug 2014, 10:02 AM

It took me a minute to work that out. But I meant that he actually talks a lot about Linux being free and developers working for free. He spends quite a few minutes talking about the many distributions that are available - he has about 16 on one graph.

Cthulhux · 02. Aug 2014, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Remah

Bad
(...)
5 mins - the display server X.Org is ooooold
7 mins - replacing good working software with nearly identical software ie as Canonical does

"Software x is old!
Software y is new but does the same!
Both suck!"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Remah

44 mins - Linux is cool

No.

Panzer · 04. Aug 2014, 08:21 AM

Why Linux Doesn't Suck - 2013 (same author):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxX...MVWFf5F8oy4-V_

Remah · 04. Aug 2014, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panzer

Why Linux Doesn't Suck - 2013 (same author):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxX...MVWFf5F8oy4-V_

It's just the an older version of the second half of the link in the original post.

Panzer · 03. Jun 2015, 09:37 AM

Windows is AWESOME!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0l-Ac7fTU

Remah · 04. Jun 2015, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panzer

Windows is AWESOME!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0l-Ac7fTU

Good video but totally off the topic which didn't involve any comparison with Windows.

02. Aug 2014, 02:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Remah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,741	"Why Linux sucks" - Bryan Lunduke at LinuxFest Northwest While reading about the Manjaro non-event I watched this video Linux Sucks and summarized the contents. Interesting because, in my opinion, he basically says Linux succeeds because people think it is cool. Bad 3 mins - forking is dumb 5 mins - the display server X.Org is ooooold 7 mins - replacing good working software with nearly identical software ie as Canonical does 9 mins - the names suck, e.g Utopic Unicorn, blame Fedora and Ubuntu 10 mins - heaps of unmanaged developers produce heaps of unmanaged code - who manages it? 12 mins - get paid -> get power -> get wacky 15 mins - trends based on distrowatch numbers - the landscape changes very quickly in 1-2 years e.g. interest in elementary takes off and passes Fedora; 19 ins - 1-2 releases per distro per year so lots of duplication of effort and lots of boring repackaging that contributes nothing to advancing *nix Good 22 mins The community - even forks often get rationalised when one fork dominates and the others are rolled back to using it 26 mins - Hardware issues are getting dealt with 27 mins - Wayland display server needs to be right so take time 32 mins - unmanaged developers make code that works even though rationally it shouldn't 44 mins - Linux is cool __________________ Better to light a candle ... than to curse the darkness.

02. Aug 2014, 03:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
George.J Editor Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,927	Someone forgot that it was free and not just one O.S but a collection of them available.. __________________ If you seek for attention, do common things in life in an uncommon way!

02. Aug 2014, 04:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Remah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,741	My summary grossly simplifies what he talks about. __________________ Better to light a candle ... than to curse the darkness.

02. Aug 2014, 10:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
Remah Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,741	It took me a minute to work that out. But I meant that he actually talks a lot about Linux being free and developers working for free. He spends quite a few minutes talking about the many distributions that are available - he has about 16 on one graph. __________________ Better to light a candle ... than to curse the darkness.

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04. Aug 2014, 08:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
Panzer Editor Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 686	Why Linux Doesn't Suck - 2013 (same author): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxX...MVWFf5F8oy4-V_

03. Jun 2015, 09:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
Panzer Editor Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 686	Windows is AWESOME!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0l-Ac7fTU