Comment 1418 for bug 1

You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know that......

I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type........

Maybe Windows is the best system...............

I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is worthy of my attention.

Gentilli.

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Martin Wildam <email address hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:04, Tom <email address hidden> wrote:
> > I find that after a decent install most people don't even notice that
> they are
> > using a different OS. Firefox is there and the menus easy to navigate.
> > Documents open with a double-click.
>
> I don't fully agree - e.g. Movie player is not playing a lot of
> videos. Need to use VLC for those - so VLC must be installed and for
> different files open with must be changed to use VLC instead of movie
> player by default. I tend to instruct people to first double-click and
> when it does not work use right mouse button and open with VLC. This
> is easier than trying to find a sample for each possible format and
> change default open. Similar applies for sound formats.
>
> And there are IMHO some other first-to-dos, be it tools to install
> (like gsmartcontrol, Thunderbird, ...) and some options to change. -
> But I don't want to complain about this because I have plenty more
> first-to-dos under Win* and on Ubuntu I start the Synaptic, go once
> through the list, ticking everything I want and then save the list to
> an external file and never need to do it again manually.
>
>
> > As G stated it is the install process that is the most difficult part.
>
> No, really, the installation is straight-forward. As with 10.10 it
> either already starts preparing the harddrive while I do the last
> inputs, is awesome - as well as WLAN already available and downloading
> the updates already on the go. And with net access it already knows
> the country I am in (regarding time settings). So there is nothing
> more I wish to have.
>
>
> > We try to make that easy and many people have lists of what to do after a
> basic install
> > in blogs and websites or in magazines.
>
> One idea: You could grab the most used sets of pre-installations and
> pre-sets and offer that as additional option at installation, e.g.
> similar as Fedora does, asking the user for typical use "Home user,
> Developer, Designer/Photographer, ..." - that probably would make it
> easier for a lot of people and for Canonical it would be just running
> a few additional apt-get install lines and maybe some default
> configuration files. I personally already have some files containing
> those, so for me no problem as it.
>
> --
> Martin Wildam
>
> http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
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> Status in Club Distro: Confirmed
> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid
> Status in GNOME Screensaver: Won't Fix
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
> Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
> 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: In Progress
> Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid
> Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid
> 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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