Am 09.11.2011 02:09, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:13:37 +0100, Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann wrote:
>
>> Obviously, it is IMPOSSIBLE for an average DAU (to the non-German
>> speakers: Most Stupid User To Assume!) to build any software under
>> Linux!
>
> No, it's not impossible, but it does require being willing to do your
> homework.
>
> For example, the question you asked about which version of Boost was
> needed was answered in the INSTALL file I linked you to.  Which file,
> IIRC, is included in the source you downloaded.

I recall that when I first started using Linux (in order to run POV-Ray 
on a separate machine, without having to pay for another copy of 
Windows) there was stuff I just thought I couldn't figure out on my own 
as well. While that feeling might have been wrong, it was there, and 
comments like "I told you everything you need to know" weren't really 
helpful in changing that emotion.

It's like being given a 5000-pieces jigsaw puzzle (without a reference 
image) when all you want is a picture to hang on the wall. Getting 
comments like "you have all the pieces to assemble the picture - all you 
need is a little bit of diligence" from people who seem to have seen the 
reference image a thousand times isn't much fun in that situation.

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