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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:37 AM, houstonbofh <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In the rush to be everything to the new user, the experienced user is
> being thrown under the bus.  (You may argue that this is not your
> intent, but the view from under the bus says intent is not the only
> issue.)  I have not seen an exodus like this since Windows ME.  And it
> is not just Unity

I like unity although I consider myself to be a power-user. It's not
unity that is the problem and since 12.04 it works quite well.
However, there are a few extremely annoying details (samples see
buglist I posted before) that should get fixed before implementing new
stuff. Finish one thing before introducing more new and unstable
stuff. Already now I am worrying about wayland - although I perfectly
understand and appreciate that decision, I worry there will be major
issues in the beginning that makes it unusable for at least two
versions of Ubuntu.

It's the same as you don't need to talk somebody about
self-fulfillment, who doesn't have a flat to live in. The basics must
be solved before you can take it up to the next level.


> (I still recommend it for
> non-technical new users and tablet fans.)  It is far to risky.

I also trying to get Ubuntu spread - but a) I do not try to talk
somebody into Ubuntu any more, I just tell them to choose a
distribution they like and b) yes, I also feel be more on the risky
side than ever (although there are different reasons for that which
are not all the fault of Canonical).


> In the rush to get the new people, I am seeing something I had not seen
> in the Ubuntu community before; Churn.  Churn is expensive, and is a
> regression towards fixing Bug1.

I didn't know the word "Chrun" and looked it up in the dictionary
getting several very different translations. Pretty sure, I don't get
you right here.

Best regards, Martin.

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority desktop 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:
  Invalid
Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project:
  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:
  Confirmed
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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