New article in the Economist criticizing Linux usability

[Michael Galea]

On 08/04/12 01:51 AM, Matt Seburn wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:10 PM, charles chris<cccharlz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>> They may need Skype to work with an internal webcam:  We need hacks here!
> I use Skype with an internal webcam on linux regularly...
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I added a webcam recently.  Unfortunately it was on the system that 
provided my
mythtv backend.  I was happy until the next boot when device enumeration 
ordered
the webcam first and I lost a tuner.
MythTv wasn't too communicative about the failure, either.  Help offered 
by Mythtv
walks  you through configuring udev..

If linux needs hacks, they are usability hacks that would address 
problems like this
for less sophisticated users.

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