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What i suggest for Ubuntu is the following:

1. A Ubuntu/Linux/Elf software store. It should be designed so that it
can ship applications for many OS:es, not just Ubuntu.

2. A Ubuntu Pro commercial offering. Including boxed Ubuntu, a manual,
and support. Also some commercial stuff like DVD player.

Ubuntu currently has Fluendo Windows Media and MP3 Playback Pack, Fluendo Complete Playback Pack and PowerDVD Linux in its online shop. These should either be provided trough a software store, or included in "Ubuntu Pro".
I would also see more commercial Linux applications there. For example i know there is a Ubuntu version of Majesty. I know for sure that i would buy that.

3. Both of above need a reseller plan. OEMs that preinstall a software
store or Ubuntu Pro have to make money out of it. And Ubuntu pro should
not be cheap.

A software store and a commercial Linux with a distribution network is
what we need. I am certain that this is exactly what we need. For
servers we have RHEL but for clients the only thing available is
Mandriva, but they effort to build a distribution network is to weak.
They focus on an online store, and I believe thats their weakness.
Operating Systems is OEM products and they are usually sold with
computers, so we must target the OEM builders.

While i have talked a lot about technology on this issue, technology is
not a #1 bug issue. We have technology, what we need to fix bug #1 is
marketing.

There is no reason why Linux should have less usage share then OS X.
Linux can run on much more hardware that OS X supports, and it have a
great community.

On another front, i think the idea of recycling old computers with
Ubuntu and give them to those that cannot afford a brand new PC is
excellent. I have done this a lot with lubuntu on really old computers.
I also have a ThinLinc server that can be used to run applications that
old computers are to weak to run. Its not fast enough for youtube,
however they can play mpeg2. Perhaps an application like minitube can
use a proxy server for transcoding to mpeg2 before a clip reach the old
box?


> Martin,
> 
> True.  Again i agree with that and i think we are in agreement again.  So the 
> various points people have made are valid except where we talk about noobs 
> installing.  
> 
> 
> Surely a shop that installs to  perhaps tens of machines has time to play around 
> with even just 1 and has probably noticed all the quirkiness of installing 
> Windows  onto a wide range of very different machines and might realise that 
> lack of knowledge might be the main barrier to a smoother install of Ubuntu (or 
> other distro).  Perhaps it is those people that we should target rather than 
> normal users or people that do the odd one or two.  Continuing to approach both 
> is probably still best.
> 
> Regards from
> Tom :)

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Microsoft has a majority market share
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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.