There is no perfect app.

It's quite vexing to me that subset of users that go on to rant about how every change that is made to an app brakes it so badly, that makes that app unusable. To make it worse, those users seem to believe that they all talk for every other user and those who disagree don't know what they're talking about.

Many of these users don't give any change a chance before starting to rant against it. They are sure that the old way to was the best and only right way, and no change can do thing any better. It's true that change just for the sake of change is not a good thing, but that doesn't make change bad in itself. Most changes need to be tried before making a judgment call about them, mainly because they are just another way to do something.

Also, its important that you aren't talking for the whole user base when you talk for, or against, any change to an app you use. Many changes that makes things better for some, make it worse for others. Yet, most of the time for most users it just isn't all that big of a deal. Life goes on, and it needs to be understood that changes don't have the same effect on every user.

One thing that many users don't seem to be taking into account, either by choice or ignorance, is that the app developers have the complete picture of how users interact with the app and how that use fit into their business plan. And that is something individual users can have, they just have a piece of the picture that in itself just doesn't mean all that much.

This means that you just have to take all, and every change, the developers make to their app? No, you are free to move on to another app that better fits your need. So, make the move and don't ruin the experience for those who still enjoy the app. Most importantly, don't believe you are talk for everyone else or your way is the best way to do something.

There is no perfect app, as such app developers will always be looking for ways to make their apps better. This means that changes will be made for a variety of reasons, from adapting to new technologies to changing user tastes.

As such, enjoy the apps you are using for as long as they work for you.

With computers and smartphones its always function over form, not the other way around.

For me at least, is sad to see many people pick their computers more on for form rather than function. Even worse, when they expend way more than they should on Pro computers that they won't actually use to that system full potential.

While most of the time I see this happening on the Apple ecosystem, with people going for the MacBook Pro when a MacBook or MacBook Air would have been far better matches for their needs, I've seen people going for gaming systems like Alienware when a Asus ZenBook would have been far better for their use case. This ends of people feeling like they were ripped off, or with the feeling that the sales person lied to them.

There are two main reasons why people fall to these pitfalls. One is that they don't know much about computers, and they don't ask around enough because they simply are ashamed to let others know they don't know much about computers. Also, this can lead to people don't researching enough about their options, and come with a shortlist of computers that actually fit their needs.

This problem could also mean they can buy a computer that's under rated for their needs. Which means that they'll see a lot of systems clashes, or simply their computer will be slow to be usable.

The other pitfall is getting a certain computer as a status symbol, that ends up becoming a symbol of your computer illiteracy. All because you got a computer to impress a certain people, but in ends up broadcasting your ignorance to those people instead. Don't get me wrong, it's okay to get a computer as a status symbol, but at least get one that you can actually show the status you want to project while it fits the use you need it for.

The same could be said about the smartphone we carry around with us. Specially since it could be argued that our smartphone is also an extension of our personality, and how we relate to others. While form and function are both important, is time to put function over form.

Linux Mint should stay.

A couple of days ago while on YouTube, I came to couple of videos that made reference to an article at TechRepublic arguing that Linux Mint should go.

As a Linux Mint user, I agree with Joe Collins and Switch to Linux. All the issues on the TechRepublic's article are actually nonissue, either because those issues don't mean much to the end user or have been solved in a timely manner.

Linux Mint is the Linux distro that just works for me, and in a way that it doesn't gets in the way of getting things done. Most importantly, I don't have to constantly having to figuring out why a part of the system broke and having to fix it. And while I've become more proficient on doing things on my system under the hood, its not something I want to do regularly.

And let's face it, most the people want just that. They just want to focus on their regular job, and not have to figure out why their system stop working they way they want it to every so often. That's why many user have left Windows, because it got in their way by braking their workflow.

For me, Linux Mint bring that to the Linux community. Is one of those distros people can go to, when they want a OS that just lets them focus on their every day computing without worrying that an update will brake their computer.

One of the best things about Linux, is that if you don't like a distro for whatever reason you don't have to use it. Yet, that you don't like it, or it doesn't fits your need, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have an audience that find it useful.

At the end of the day, if we want more people to make the jump to Linux, and to open source software in general, we need to start to be more welcoming as a community to those new users. And that includes giving them the software they need, and find useful, to actually make the jump.