by Dietrich Schmitz
Does 'familiarity breed contempt'?
At times, I feel I have a 'relationship' and when it reaches the point of saturation, or, I don't see anything in the way of innovation going on, I feel the urge to say in parting, "Linux, It's not Me. It's You."
Yes. You. I'm flipping that famous line, "It's not you, it's me intentionally to make a point.
What is my point?
I am a human from planet Earth. I am really smart and Linux, you are doing a terrible job of keeping up with things.
So much so, I am just about to break up with you if you don't start shaping up. I know you've been busy with Android and other embedded devices, but you really need to pay attention to me. Over here, that's me sitting at a conventional keyboard, monitor, desktop unit (or Laptop).
And I keep hoping you'll begin paying attention to me.
But it seems like things are, well, boring, unchanging. You've made a few attempts to sweeten things up.
Like Gnome Shell, for example. Okay you worked hard on that, but, it's just that it is easy to use, but too simple. Why is it so hard to innovate?
Unity? You've really gone out of your way to be 'different' but again, the gui is not usable and limiting.
I've stuck with you this long only because of LXDE. Now, after all of the upstream struggles to get Gnome 3.x to a point of 'usability', I have resorted to using lightweight LXDE. Why?
Because, it doesn't reinvent the wheel. Don't fix what isn't broken.
Panels, Desktop, Desktop folders, icons, menus, terminal windows, they all work in a classic intuitive way which is why I have always liked you Linux.
I think the problem is, you are trying to be different but no matter how hard you try, the technology just comes up short, deficient.
Maybe you should just be yourself again? You know like when Ubuntu first came out? Gnome 2.x worked so darned well.
Why did you change? I don't like you as much anymore.
Please change. I mean, innovate, in the truest sense of the word.
Let's not make new widgets that replicate existing functionality. We already have in my estimation too much of that.
And please. STOP cloning yourself. You could go blind doing that.
How many of you do we really need? I think you should just work on making one Distro better. No, perfect. That's right, perfect.
Make yourself sexy with a purpose, but let's stick to just the Linux Standard Base (LSB), one Filesystem Hiearchy Standard (FHS), one graphical API (like Windows GUI). Yes? Come to think of it, isn't that what makes Windows so successful?
Please. Don't put on pretenses for me. I know you. I just want what's best for you and think you should really strive to simplify. And, never mind what the other clones are doing. They are just copy cats trying to emulate. You are better than that.
Linux on the Desktop: Be the best that you can be and I won't leave you. Promise.
-- Dietrich
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