Linux and Open Source Usability

John Gruber over at daringfireball has posted an interesting rant in response to a prominent open source advocate and his troubles configuring a printer on a linux system. Gruber proposes that an inherent problem in linux/open-source development is that usability is treated as a tertiary feature rather than an integral piece of functionality. Usability, he argues, won't be getting any better until it becomes a top priority. It's interesting stuff, check it out.