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[Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:10:12 -0500
> Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>



> > So my question is what dose the average user expect their OS to do "out
> of
> > the box"?  Pretend you are putting it on someone's  machine.  Maybe your
> > mother, or the neighbor who has never used anything other than Windows.
> > What will they expect?
> >
> Don't pick on mothers.
>

ha, ha..


>
> They expect it to look and behave like Windows, especially if they have
> been to classes at the local school or college.
>

Let's not get too carried away!  Ha, ha. But yeah they would expect Lubuntu
to do everything Windows does and complain if it doesn't.  But I switched my
mother-in-law over to Ubuntu a few years ago.  She got used to it and now
she likes it.  So let's not give up on these poor souls.


>
> > Here's my list:
> > - be efficient (most overlooked by most OS)
> Define efficient.
>

See my last reply.


>
> > - find anything on my local network
> Most people of the type you're talking about wouldn't no what a LAN is.
>

Yes, but they get people like you and I to set them up anyway and then we
have to show them how to use them.


> > - let me use it with external monitors/TV as a basic media player (HDMI
> out)
> Had very few problems with desktop machines but, portables on the other
> hand.  They seem to be either plug 'n' play or a royal PITA.
>

I can't figure out how to output sound to my TV...I might have a royal PITA
in store for me.  lol


> > - allow basic personalization (LXDE's lack of menu editor is a bummer,
> but I
> > don't fault anyone for that.)
> Again the sort of user you're talking about rarely customises their desktop
> beyond changing the wallpaper.
>

I agree.  Still hoping to be able to edit menu items in LXDE as you would in
Ubuntu.  Not a deal breaker though and I don't expect anything to happen
soon.  Just dreaming.

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> Yorvyk
>
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