I really don't care for this video...

[SteveRiley]

You're too mysterious for me.

[tek_heretik]

Why would he do that? Bryan's on our side, tek. He's a Linux advocate, and has built a career around it:

FYI Steve, lol and indicate a joke and/or sarcasm.

[SteveRiley]

Bryan can always get a job at Microslop

Why would he do that? Bryan's on our side, tek. He's a Linux advocate, and has built a career around it:

[tek_heretik]

You might want to check out who Bryan Lunduke is...which does not include whining or forgetfulness of how Linux is built.

http://lunduke.com/
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/26149
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlunduke
https://plus.google.com/108930697266689628917

You're right, I didn't watch the video, but that's just my blind loyalty and I trust Simon's judgement, if it offended him, it would most certainly offend me. Bryan can always get a job at Microslop, lol.

[SteveRiley]

jerks like him

You might want to check out who Bryan Lunduke is...which does not include whining or forgetfulness of how Linux is built.

http://lunduke.com/
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/26149
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlunduke
https://plus.google.com/108930697266689628917

[tek_heretik]

@Simon...jerks like him forget Linux is stitched together by code writers and developers from all over the world for free to keep it free. There are two kinds of people, whiners and people who fix problems.

[SteveRiley]

I hope that next year's LNFW doesn't collide with either a biz trip or a concert...Bellingham isn't that far from Seattle, it would be cool to attend the event.

[phonic-otg]

I agree Simon.

As the fictional Vulcan race is fond of saying (Book Universe) Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.

It came to mind when reading and seeing claydohs new Avatar pic...

[Simon]

Well my opinion, Linux is all about choice, one can pick and choose what they like and want. Later in the video he shows that Linux Mint is on the rise, if people choose Mint over KDE then they have a choice. Windows is no choice, nothing against Windows users, but the company hands you one package without choices. Use this or your favorite games won't run, use this OS or your browser won't work, use this or your media won't play. This speaker (from my perspective) wants to make "Linux One" and not give the user a choice.

He needs to get with the program and realize people, programmers, open source are very random. And being spontaneous is a great thing.

[claydoh]

He's still giving that talk?

That's an old, and (in)famous presentation by a guy (former co-host of the Linux Action Show) known for using outrageousness to prove his points - namely what needs to be fixed in Linux for it to compete with the mainstream. It seems he updates it regularly, and also has a companion video Why Linux Doesn't Suck

As to dissing KDE, well, that isn't any different from people dissing Unity or Gnome or whatever, with no real reasoning other than they simply don't like it, basically.

I can't blame people (anymore) for not being able to pinpoint specifics about why they think KDE is terrible or not good. I think a good portion of it comes from the fact that it is too window-like still, and also from some lack of first exposure - the vast majority of new Linux users have begun their journey on a gnome or gnome-like desktop, and probably a well-sorted one at that -barring hardware issues that have nothing to do with the DE.

KDE's problem, if you can call it that, is that there are many edges to it. Some of these are probably rough ones for some, while a different set are rough to others. Gnome-y desktops have fewer edges, hence fewer places to sand smooth

[Simon]

I found a 45 minute meeting filmed on YouTube titled "Why Linux Sucks". I somewhat understand, they are poking at the system trying to point out how it can be made better. They claim to be assisting the Linux community however at time index 8:53 they start bashing the shells KDE at the top of the list. The speak spouts off a lot of issues but I don't hear real solutions, he seems to be entertaining the crowd but I don't care much over all for what he says. You be the judge...