Comment 1426 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 Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:14 PM, houstonbofh <email address hidden> wrote:

> On 10/20/2010 02:21 PM, Setve Gentilly wrote:
>
> > When I get a new system (which I get regularly) after it is assembled it
> > take me 1 to 1.5 hours to install Windows, the drivers and the necessary
> > software to get it to function at 100% efficiency. I don't have the time
> to
> > fart around and mess with Operating systems and drivers that don't even
> run
> > on a double click from the mouse, nor do I have the time to learn a new
> > programing language (although I do know a few), no thank you.
>
> I have expertise in both Windows and Linux. Windows takes longer.
> Mainly it is the massive amount of reboots between updates and drivers.
> Also, the install is far to interactive, not set it and forget it. As
> an aside, the only programming language I know is Perl, and I haven't
> really used in in years.
>
> > Let me give you an example, I installed Ubuntu 10.10RC on an AMD machine
> > with an Asus board and an XFX HD 5770. When it came time to install the
> ATI
> > drivers from ATI, I ran the package and it said nothing to me so I
> rebooted
> > and guess what, it was not installed. So I then proceeded to install the
> > third party drivers that Ubuntu suggested. Well, what a great performing
> > card........ It gave 50GFLOPS instead of the 1400GFLOPS Windows gives me.
> > I don't have time to fart around for days or weeks to get the machine
> > working 100%.
>
> You installed a beta, and it was not perfect? Really? And those Vista
> betas were so smooth... And you had ATI driver problems? That is
> surely an Ubuntu issue.
> http://www.google.com/search?q=ati+driver+problems Or maybe not. And
> why did you go the the ATI website first? Oh, yes... You picked up
> that habit from Windows. In Ubuntu, you go to the repos first. And
> yes, the ATI Linux drivers are worse than the Windows drivers for many
> ATI cards. One reason I like nVidia. (On both platforms)
>
> > When Ubuntu is as easy to install as Windows, then I will have another
> look
> > at it.
>
> You want Ubuntu to be as easy for a beginner to install with no
> experience as Windows is for an expert with years of experience. That
> is the bug... Unreasonable expectations. And the thought that
> "Windows" is "Computer" and if you know "Windows" you know "computers."
> Not so helpfull with Mac, Linux, HP-UX, Aix, Solaris, AS400, VMS, or a
> number of accounting specific systems. Now if you give the same test to
> your grandmother, I bet Linux is easier.
>
> And this is the reason I responded. People keep looking at the wrong
> bug. The bug is that we did not tell you this BEFORE you started. Now
> it is too late...
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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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 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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