Re: [tlug] IMEs in Mint?

[Simon Cozens <simon@example.com>]

On 05/04/2014 02:20, Benjamin Tayehanpour wrote:
> Look, I haven't denied any of that. I'm merely saying that the means
> are there for anyone to use. Sure, there may be things hindering you
> from doing anything about it, but those hinders have to do with you
> rather than with the owner of the code, as is the case with closed
> source.

http://xkcd.com/1349/ comes to mind.

Seriously, if the owner of the code makes something easy and user-friendly 
into something difficult, the fact that I can technically and theoretically do 
something about it doesn't magically negate the fact that the owner of the 
code made an annoying decision.

I'm sure that "to change this setting, learn the codebase, fork the project 
and recompile" demonstrates perfectly the Platonic ideal of open source 
software, but the fact that you consider that an appropriate attitude to 
real-world user experience may explain why Linux desktops didn't really catch on.