He has a good point, though. Irascible and confrontational, but a good point - pop-up KDE panel lost transparency.

So. Shit! I use the Google, read through everything that looks relevant in forum posts, mailing lists, etc...I learn about the bug reporting system - I've learned about the critter I'm using, it's still scary, but I have a better overview.

Turns out it's a compositor and rolling update issue, after a week of lazily reading stuff and looking at the pr0ns.

Occurs without an update, well, thanks to my research, I know someone to bug - is this something you knew about or should I go full bug report?

Etc.

Nothing, whether a chainsaw or a smart fridge or Linux/Windows/OS? or anything we interact with is just a turnkey experience; no one in my camp expects terminal proficiency but a basic ability to troubleshoot, same as "My car don't run, WHYYYY?!" - don't wanna do that, don't use the damn thing.

Same goes for any other operating system or pretty much anything in life; sorry, you can't just skate on "I didn't know I needed new brakes on the car!"

So, I share some degree of infuriation on this front; it's always someone else - Linux, Firefox, Chromium, Leeroy Jenkins, Steam...never their fault for not understanding (but mostly for not trying to) what they hell they were trying to use.

"I took my arm off with the chainsaw! Fuck you, Poulan!" - let's not.