[Discuss] Trying to connect to internet in Debian

[ron at bclug.ca (Ron)]

Steve Litt wrote on 2026-01-18 02:18:

>> (complexity is always bad)
> 
> That's not a very fashionable idea in 2026.

Probably because without qualifiers it is neither insightful nor useful.

What's too complex? Why is the specific complexity "too much"?


It's 2026, not 1926. Complexity is inevitable.

Which year should we go back to where complexity was just right?


Particularly weird to complain about it on a *computer* enthusiast 
mailing list. Perhaps this is partially why LUGs are withering away.



Slide rules, pencils, and notepads if complexity is "always bad".