Comment 175 for bug 1

@Nodata
"Before we even can think about making, Ubuntu Linux mainstream we MUST get all well know programs that work on a Windows PC to work on a Ubuntu PC."
<--We need _equivalents_ of _popular_ applications on a Ubuntu PC, not _all_well-known_programs_.
And for most applications, there is.-->

Well it seams to me that this is the main problem, that developers of Linux and other open source OSes. And "We need _equivalents_ of _popular_ applications on a Ubuntu PC" Does not seam to have solved the problem.

"But a regular user just want to click and install. A regular user don't want to open a Package manager or a terminal to install a program."
<--Well a user is going to have to open something to tell the computer that they want a particular piece of software on their computer. As long as that something is a piece of cake to use, the user will be happy. An "install software" icon, and a place to type is better than the Windows way:
Find vendor website, register for download, click download link in e-mail, run installer, ignore all the questions and keep clicking next, now reboot.
versus Linux: find package using apt, install using apt. An easy gui wrapper will improve this for users.-->

Of course the Linux way is an better way, but what happens if i the program I want to use don't exist in the apt-library?

Than the Linux way is alot harder to understand.

"Windows is a easy thing to understand"
<--It seems easier because people forget that they learnt Windows-->

My mother for an example does not know how to use Windows, but she would chose Windows because of it's user friendly way of learning. It is essayer to learn Windows she think.

What I think we have to do:

Create a "John Doe" and from this man create a target group.

"John Doe" has to be that man who walks to a computer store and asks what computer to buy, and "John Doe" is the man who not ask why he should by that computer.

Men and women like "John Doe" should be the target group, and Ubuntu should be developed for this persons only.

A more advanced user should also be able to use Ubuntu.

In the beginning of my Linux use age I was not "John Doe" I knew how to get help, from forums and wikis. But "John Doe" doesn't.

When we know that "John Doe" can use Ubuntu, we can start marketing Ubuntu for the resellers.