Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: All the problems of French Philsophy... Date: 16 May 2026 01:42:00 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <10tt5f1$18b93$7@dont-email.me> <87y0hp24vo.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> <10tta2q$1brr4$3@dont-email.me> <20260515164422@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net prkPBq1TDUmTqm+ibqZbZgvB1erE9oacYANee2k9pn+fXmJFjo Cancel-Lock: sha1:kVFikkKWbtN+EbwQQ/IYUjWEeMs= sha256:c0V/I7aAGn+xMmH1KhlgEKL0K7WtxUKKOClnuaPKjDQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86726 On Fri, 15 May 2026 20:56:26 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote: > On 2026-05-11, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> It is clear that the older users need the training wheels. >> Linux has simply become too difficult for them > > Or, we've just become lazy in our old age. I've worked with Unix > starting with Sixth Edition, and quite a few other Unix variants as well > as Unix-like systems over the years. As far as Linux I started out with > Slackware in the 1990s, abandoning Micro$oft and never looking back. So > I wouldn't say Linux is too difficult in my case. However today I use > Linux Mint because most of it "just works" out of the box and I'm too > damn lazy to spend lots of time tinkering. Mint and similar distros may have a bimodal distribution of users. Newbies and graybeards who are silently thinking 'I did all that bullshit before you were born, kid. The thrill wore off a long time ago.'