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		qznc on Jan 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C4 game engine drops Linux support citing frustrat... There are so many reports of normal people installing Ubuntu without problems that I'd rather guess he hit some obscure bug.

tdsamardzhiev on Jan 14, 2015 [–]

Admittedly it's not as bad as 5 years, and yes, Ubuntu is ridiculously easy to install if everything goes well. That being said, I think obscure bugs are one of FOSS's biggest enemies. For example, a small and easily-solvable bug with NVIDIA driver can scare off a lot of users.

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