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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 10.11.2011 04:15 schrieb "turbolad" <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Imagine you have never used or seen Ubuntu in your life,
> then you are presented with it.  Ubuntu looks new and
> scary.

I do not agree on this. I know plenty of people who switched from a classic
mobile phone to an iPhone or Android for example. Of course, it is a bit
scary in the beginning, but then they begin to like the advantages over the
drawbacks (most important: battery life) and - they feel being much cooler
now.

Similar applies when people change car manufacturer after many years. A lot
of small things are different when you change car, but in general you can
drive it. Whether the taskbar is on the bottom or on the left, is the least
important difference between Windows and Ubuntu! People will be really
scared when they open the first complex Word document in LibreOffice. On
the other hand they will enjoy the software center which is similar to
appstore or Android market which they already know from their mobile phone
and no need to search the internet for plenty of download links.

> *Newbies to Ubuntu
> These users are different to advanced users who know how
> to edit configuration files, use the Terminal and change
> their GUI etc.  Setup everything for newbies... start with a
> firewall integrated in Ubuntu (and variants of Ubuntu) that
> passes the "Shields Up" test on grc.com – advanced users
> can remove these things or tweak them, but newbies won't
> know how.

Most dummy users on Windows first call an advanced user to install and
setup their new PC as it was before. And they struggle in the switch from
XP to Windows 7 or from Office 2003 to 2010 - all those people struggle
anyway and by this fact plenty of people switch to Mac because they see
their need to adapt to something new anyway and they already own an iPhone.
I would like to see those using Android switch to Ubuntu. :-)

> *Upgrading Ubuntu can sometimes break things
> I've seen a netbook get upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to
> 10.10 and its wireless stopped working.

It was already mentioned, that this should be better now but anyway: Other
OS suffer the same.

> Windows for many years and suddenly use Ubuntu -
> changing the operating system for newbies is scary to them

See above - and as long as think of this argument, the more examples I find
about scary UI changes. Happens either, when your wife gets a new washing
machine or new TV to some extent - compared to the taskbar on the left
maybe even worse...

> *The "restricted extras"
> You must still install the "restricted extras" in Ubuntu
> (and its variants) after installing Ubuntu

It's just a checkbox during install - puhhh...
Really, there are more important problems!

--
Martin Wildam

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
  Invalid
Status in dylan.NET:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Invalid
Status in GenOS:
  In Progress
Status in GNOME Screensaver:
  Won't Fix
Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians:
  Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX:
  Invalid
Status in LibreOffice:
  In Progress
Status in The Linux Kernel:
  New
Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  In Progress
Status in The Linux OS Project:
  In Progress
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
  In Progress
Status in NULL Project:
  Invalid
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 Gnome Remix Metapackages:
  In Progress
Status in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in The Jaunty Jackalope:
  Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty:
  Invalid
Status in Arch Linux:
  New
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.

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