Re: [tlug] At my wits end and completely desperate (wacom problem)

[Dave Gutteridge <dave@example.com>]

Scott ,

Thanks for the advice. And my apologies to the list in general for 
venting here.

While I don't mean to seem ungrateful to anyone, I have been around in 
circles with trying to get help from mailing lists and web sites. I 
understand and appreciate that people are volunteering their time and 
expertise, and I don't begrudge anyone for not helping me out. That is 
the reality of open source life.

But I also have to deal with the results. And the results are such that 
for literally months, over half a year even, it's been a series of 
getting suggestions, following through, not getting expected results, 
and then losing the interest of the person who made the initial 
suggestion. By "losing the interest", I should qualify that I don't 
really know how or what anyone thinks out there in mailing list land, 
just that for whatever reason, it's hard to get follow up advice.

<rant>
Unless, of course, I started a thread saying that Windows did some 
things better, or a similar contentious topic, in which case the thread 
would last for days, weeks, involving more people with increasing 
passion, until a moderator stopped it.
</rant>

The randomness and time needed in getting results from the Linux 
community at large has just reached a breaking point. I was very serious 
with my offer to pay someone to help. I really aspire to do less 
fiddling with Linux and more actual work using Linux. Because of my 
intention to do graphics work, and an issue with RCS, the tablet is a 
big deal for me.

But I wonder why it is that no one is at all interested in taking the 
offer of payment for minor support issues. Is it because people already 
have jobs so well paying or time consuming that payment doesn't 
incentivise? Is it because there's no guarantee that doing something 
like installing a Wacom tablet can be met with success? Is it because no 
one really has enough expertise in that area? Is it a philosophical 
resistance to making transactions for assistance?

Is there really no one in the Tokyo area with enough Linux confidence to 
set up a peripheral device, and who wouldn't mind making some extra yen 
they wouldn't have otherwise?


Mauro,

If you had read my post, you would have seen that I said "I have been up 
and down the Linuxwacom site". I have been on their mailing list for 
quite a while.

--
Dave M G