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["Randall Ross \(rrnwexec\)" <randall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quite true.

If you've ever watched a new user work with Ubuntu, you'll likely have
noticed that they have a much easier time than "experienced" computer
users. No bad habits to unlearn, and they tend to involve themselves
less with "tinkering" on unsupported (and uncertified) hardware.


> You want Ubuntu to be as easy for a beginner to install with no 
> experience as Windows is for an expert with years of experience.  That 
> is the bug...  Unreasonable expectations.  And the thought that 
> "Windows" is "Computer" and if you know "Windows" you know "computers." 
>   Not so helpfull with Mac, Linux, HP-UX, Aix, Solaris, AS400, VMS, or a 
> number of accounting specific systems.  Now if you give the same test to 
> your grandmother, I bet Linux is easier.
>
> And this is the reason I responded.  People keep looking at the wrong 
> bug.  The bug is that we did not tell you this BEFORE you started.  Now 
> it is too late...

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Microsoft has a majority market share
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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Status in Club Distro: Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid
Status in GNOME Screensaver: Won't Fix
Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress
Status in Tabuntu: Invalid
Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid
Status in Tv-Player: New
Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress
Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
Status in openSUSE: In Progress
Status in Tilix Linux: New

Bug description:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

1. Visit a local PC store.

What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

What should happen:
1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.