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[Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2060@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 5, 2015 11:39 AM, "Walter Lapchynski" <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Lubuntu has always been for low resource machines.  Many of these will be
converts of old traditional operating systems, so it's important to make
them feel at home.
>
So you agree with Nio's explanation of target audience?

>Secondarily,  it's for those that want a complete but low resource OS.
>
I am not quite clear what complete means. Could xfce be considered low
resource?
> @wxl
> Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA
> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
> Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader
>
> On Mar 5, 2015 8:36 AM, "Nio Wiklund" <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Den 2015-03-05 16:57, Istimsak Abdulbasir skrev:
>> > This may seem like an odd question but a question that will better help
>> > me in my efforts as a tester.
>> >
>> > Who is the target audience? What type of users are we trying to
attract?
>> > With this answer I can find a more effective way of performing
testcases
>> > and writing them. Plus, I can focus on images and packages that meets
>> > that goal and what to report back to the developers.
>> >
>> > Istimsak Abdulbasir
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> This is an interesting and important question. Maybe we tend to skip it
>> and simply assume something, that might be wrong.
>>
>> I think it is important to make linux in general, and for us the Ubuntu
>> family of programs, easy enough to use for average users, who are not
>> particularly interested in the engine under the hood.
>>
>> I would not draw a sharp line between GUI tools and CLI tools. Both can
>> be easy or difficult to use, but I know that many people who arrive from
>> Windows and MacOS *think* that CLI tools are 'rocket science' ;-)
>>
>> For many average users, only a few application programs are necessary
>> plus an easy way to maintain the system (update/upgrade and backup) and
>> a tool to install new programs.
>>
>> The main application program is the web browser.
>>
>> But more advanced users are often good at making us tune the system for
>> what they need. Maybe we are like them, so we tend to listen to them too
>> much.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
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