Re: [LAD] Releasing source code is not enough, I think...

Filipe Coelho: I take the stand that releasing source code is enought. There are lots of tools in any standard distribution to make that source into binaries. New users have to learn that, it is a fundamental part of linux-at-large and similar systems, i.e. the free-software-movement. (Note, linux proper is just the kernel, what you mean is a installed distribution.) No, linux-at-large is more and more getting in the way of the local administrator, forcing one to install more and more stuff that might not be wanted, with big userspace things like gnome making distruptive changes -- that is not user friendliness. This is where education comes in. If people want to use ms-windows or macos-x, they take courses for that. Why not educate yourself when you come to us ? Why should we care for the "lazy" people ? If you go the distribution route, don't forget that their maintainers find ways to make their job easier. So for debian you do apt-get build-dep <package_name> for a given package. Yes, for random sources you have to hunt down the dependancies, but you have to do that for binaries to. Microsoft and Apple dictate user interfaces, if people comes to us, why do you believe they want the same relationship ? For the arguments sake, I say: People coming to Microsoft have to learn the Microsoft way, ditto Apple. People coming to the free-software-movement has to learn it's ways, and one fundamental thing here is source code. Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57