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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi :)
Yes, i assumed that people here do test-drive a release before really commenting on it, even if it's only as briefly as my trial-runs of 11.10 and Mint.  LiveCds and virtual machines or even a LiveCd on a vm are soo easy and tempting that i can't imagine not trying a new release of favourite distros.  

Now that i think about it like that i wonder if the different paths
taken by Ubuntu and Mint were deliberate and coordinated.  Previously i
have assumed that they chose different paths at roughly the same time by
coincidence and that Mint chose without thinking but now it looks too
convenient that each one takes advantage of a niche left by the other.

I agree that it would be good to see glossy adverts or on television and
product placement but those things cost money.  It is far far cheaper to
ring up a local reporter and get a full article in the local or even
national newspaper (or even a magazine if you are really good at this
and get lucky) with far more surface-area giving more information.
Ideally about 1 article per month is about what it takes before people
start to vaguely notice.  The trick is to not give the full story all at
once the first time so that you have another angle for them to cover
next-time.

Note that "Document Freedom Day" is coming up in March so perhaps an article about that focusing on LibreOffice with perhaps a mention of Google-docs, OpenOffice, Calligra/KOffice, AbiWord&Gnumeric.  
Regards from
Tom :)

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  New
Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
  Invalid
Status in dylan.NET:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Invalid
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 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 Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project:
  In Progress
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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