Why make software difficult?

The other day, I realised that one of the music programs I use on my computer no longer works. I didn't know why, and no-one else seemed to know why. I use one of the programs featured in my post on the Forum, under Sheet Music, where I explain how to set up a Linux computer to use Midi-supported sheet music software. I went through all the steps again, but nothing seemed to work.

Eventually, I came accross an old page on the Ubuntu (because it's my operating system) help pages, and it gave me an idea. So, I threw out my settings, and  started from scratch. After I struggled a little bit, I eventually made it to work, and realised that it's actually easier to do it this way, and more effective, and it uses less memory, than the old way. Subsequently I have updated both the forum entry and the attached .pdf file that you can download.

Right afterward, I went onto the IRC chatting channel of the programinvolved, which was Rosegarden:

and I just gave a general shout out that I found an easy way to use their software. However, at the same time, while I was attempting to do so, someone else who, just like me usually, was on the IRC channel to find help, started giving me the 20 questions. I was able to help him (or her?) but it got me thinking...

When I first migrated from Windows XP to Ubuntu Linux, I was extremely frustrated with how difficult it was to use Midi-supporting programs. I could not, as I had done with XP, play a .mp3 and then write down the notes as I heard them immediately afterward, unless I severely modified my computer, in ways I did not understand. Thus, instead, I was forced to listen to music on a CD next to me, and in this way my life was made extremely difficult. 

Now, however, by using only QSynth:

along with Rosegarden, I can play my .mp3 in Rythmbox (the default Ubuntu music player) while I am using a Midi-supporting program, something that I was unable to do at the time, something which I had been told was impossible in Linux. If only someone else had told me this 2 years ago!

So, take a stroll down to the forum, in the Sheet Music section, and enjoy yourself. I really hope Google finds this page, as I hope it will really help people. Ok fine, that was a really lame excuse to get my Google rating higher, since I need to be found when people want to use me and my services for legitimate, paying, reasons...