@Kiosh sorry I posted before reading your reply
"TV cards that were supported previously stop working in updates of the same distribution, hence lack of a goal."
lol. Then going by the same flawed reasoning, Apple & M$ also lack goals because there are numerous components (both SW and HW) that have lost compatibility because of upgrades on their OSes.
"Why should an aupdate break functionality? Linux is notorious for this"
All systems must break some functionality in order to provide improvements
But you forget that Apple is the most notorious for this. How backward compatible do you think their products are compared with other platforms? Can you run a 2004 app
Drivers (& 3rd party apps) are maintained by their respective package maintainers. It is up to them to make sure their stuff is compatible with the latest Kernels NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
About Gnome3, your issue is too general/ambiguous. Gnome3 topic is very wide. What do you find difficult to configure in GNOME3?
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2011/11/14 Philip Musyoki
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I think Apple has made the right decision for the systems. I don't see
the point of even trying to support OS X on different platforms, as
the unique synergy of hardware and software is what make their
products do unique.
They are trying to avoid Android-nization of their system, where we
have so many different manufacturers with different flavours of one OS
that is has become a nightmare to manage or to even update. When Apple
releases a new OS, it is applied to al supported devices, but for
Android, the experience is far from that, with different upgrade
timelines for each manufacturer.
Another important factor is that it is just easy to support uniform
system. For those who have experiences Apple Support, they will attest
that it is one of the best support systems in the entire consumer
industry, and no other company can mtach that.
If you don't like Apple or OS X or even iOS, get a Dell.