Dear list,

it is not the problem that I can get Squeak running under Linux. But think 
about interested users or even programmers who want to get a glimpse of 
Squeak 3.9.8 according to decision which environment is best -- and of course 
newbies as well --  what will they get? 

a.) An INSTALL-script which works. OK It is said that it is heavily 
recommended not to move files around. OK

b.) With the next instruction the tragedy begins: It is recommended to invoke 
*inisqueak*. And -- inisqueak ist missing. Ups, don't they test their 
packages?

c.) While reading the manpage of inisqueak it is politely offered to write a 
mail to the author Ian Piumarta. Great work, this site, but the address is 
wrong. 

d.) You remember that there was a second adress in the INSTALL-file for Ian. 
It is wrong too.. 

e.) Then you try to invoke Squeak by squeak, not inisqueak. Perhaps this 
succeeds. Of course a message arrives with the first suggestion:  Copy the 
image and the change file into your current directory. 

To say it clearly, please apologize my hard words: Do you think it might be 
possible that the interested user asks himself: *Is this a hobby programmer 
group or are there any real professionals at work?* Sorry, but think about 
one who gets the first contact to Squeak while working under Linux. 

Although all the effort is done by free will: Independent from that, wrong 
information is worse than no information. Therefore, if time is lacking, it 
would be better to comment nothing. 

Next: The still interested user will have a look on the website and gets -- a 
splendid website! Great! 

And there is a category: Installation. Windows -- although I never observed 
the slightest problems -- is described in detail. Mac as well. Linux or 
Unix -- nothing. *Ah, this is the point.* Bye, bye. Let us turn over to GNU 
Smalltalk or X/Smalltalk. 

If you want to get acquainted to a highly acclaimed software like Squeak, and 
face these avoidable problems, which have their roots in some basic 
attitudes, I am afraid that it is a sign of healthy imagination to believe 
that Linux users always try to figure out what the *author could have meant 
if he would have had the time to express what he really means*. 

Sorry, but I figured out that the problem with inisqueake, e.g. was reported 
already by a user in March, and it seems as if there has no changing taken 
place. I do not think that such an outstanding software like Squeak deserves 
it. 

Regards
Heiko
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Heiko Schroeder
Praha, Ceska Republica
http://home.foni.net/~heikos
http://www.od.shuttle.de/evb-1