Comment 1829 for bug 1

Part of the problem has to be OUR negative thinking. "We have a problem with users still making a valid point in saying Ubuntu is to hard to install". Just try installing Microsoft Windows from scratch. The last fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10 took me less than twenty minutes and worked 'out of the box'. On the same hardware, Windows 7 took about an hour plus the time finding drivers ... Even then the resulting installation was far more clunky than the Alpha version of Ubuntu.

Also, if a user works with the Ubuntu Software Centre, isn't that really simple compared with the messy installation of Windows applications?

Last week, my burglar alarm engineer was telling me that their company is considering moving to Linux because Microsoft is not secure, and is unreliable these days. Apple is too 'locked in'. Linux is perfect for their needs. As more and more organisations turn to Linux for these reasons, then ordinary folk who work for them will want something better on their home computers. The biggest problem we face is still the lack of Ubuntu pre-installed kit. We can aid that situation by raising awareness with total confidence that we represent the BEST operating system in the world!!!!!