Tech Writers Think Ubuntu is for Morons

“What is it about Ubuntu Linux that makes otherwise competent
technical writers switch to Moron Mode? Everywhere I turn, I see
articles on how to do obvious things in Ubuntu. Books on Ubuntu
concentrate on listing every insignificant detail of every obvious
procedure; things that are inherently self-explanatory are
explained in depth. Subjects that have any inkling of technical
complexity are skipped because, ‘Whoa–those are way too hard for
you stupid Ubuntu users to grasp, so let’s just skip them and
pretend everything’s peachy.’ The best I can guess is that article
writers and book authors assume that if you were capable of
something more technical, you would be using Slackware or Debian,
not Ubuntu.

“I don’t know what specifically pushed me over the edge about
Ubuntu articles…”

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