Comment 1541 for bug 1

Am 10.11.2011 04:15 schrieb "turbolad" <email address hidden>:
> Imagine you have never used or seen Ubuntu in your life,
> then you are presented with it. Ubuntu looks new and
> scary.

I do not agree on this. I know plenty of people who switched from a classic
mobile phone to an iPhone or Android for example. Of course, it is a bit
scary in the beginning, but then they begin to like the advantages over the
drawbacks (most important: battery life) and - they feel being much cooler
now.

Similar applies when people change car manufacturer after many years. A lot
of small things are different when you change car, but in general you can
drive it. Whether the taskbar is on the bottom or on the left, is the least
important difference between Windows and Ubuntu! People will be really
scared when they open the first complex Word document in LibreOffice. On
the other hand they will enjoy the software center which is similar to
appstore or Android market which they already know from their mobile phone
and no need to search the internet for plenty of download links.

> *Newbies to Ubuntu
> These users are different to advanced users who know how
> to edit configuration files, use the Terminal and change
> their GUI etc. Setup everything for newbies... start with a
> firewall integrated in Ubuntu (and variants of Ubuntu) that
> passes the "Shields Up" test on grc.com – advanced users
> can remove these things or tweak them, but newbies won't
> know how.

Most dummy users on Windows first call an advanced user to install and
setup their new PC as it was before. And they struggle in the switch from
XP to Windows 7 or from Office 2003 to 2010 - all those people struggle
anyway and by this fact plenty of people switch to Mac because they see
their need to adapt to something new anyway and they already own an iPhone.
I would like to see those using Android switch to Ubuntu. :-)

> *Upgrading Ubuntu can sometimes break things
> I've seen a netbook get upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to
> 10.10 and its wireless stopped working.

It was already mentioned, that this should be better now but anyway: Other
OS suffer the same.

> Windows for many years and suddenly use Ubuntu -
> changing the operating system for newbies is scary to them

See above - and as long as think of this argument, the more examples I find
about scary UI changes. Happens either, when your wife gets a new washing
machine or new TV to some extent - compared to the taskbar on the left
maybe even worse...

> *The "restricted extras"
> You must still install the "restricted extras" in Ubuntu
> (and its variants) after installing Ubuntu

It's just a checkbox during install - puhhh...
Really, there are more important problems!

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Martin Wildam

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