Two excellent posts on how to solve the # 1 bug !
First, note that KYLEA used KUbubtu, KDE, on the laptop, how many of us
stick to O-Ubuntu ? (Gnome)
Other  editions of Ubuntu make sense but overlooked.

OK, Tom notes that he heard negative remarks about Linux, in general.
Problem here is simple, since it's "free" the stores and tech shops see it
as a non-starter, no money to be made, I've heard this lots.
But, many techs have asked me to help them with Linux, oops, no money for me
here !
Free software is the future, but techs should make money for service ,
agreed here ?!?!

Allengg

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:41 AM, kylea <email address hidden> wrote:

> SOME Excellent News....
>
> After complaining and generally appearing unappreciative here is some
> news that can be taken as proof we can defeat MS.
>
> After playing with and committing to Ubuntu 64bit 8.10, I decided to
> install Kubuntu 8.10 32bit on an older Toshiba Core 2 laptop for my 16
> year old daughter and my wife to use.
>
> Well - the install was great - no issues, Flash worked, audio worked,
> Skype worked (No pulseaudio to get in the way).
>
> Daughter uses aMSN for chat, Firefox 24 x 7 and digiKam for processing
> her images and could not careless about it being Linux. It just worked.
> She has 5 aMSN tabs going flat out and mySpace and streaming music. Need
> to get a newer webcam - but according to several posts that should be
> fine.
>
> Next challenge is the wife - have installed Thunderbird and moved all
> her mail stuff.
>
> Just need to check the printer works Lexmark X5110.
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Club Distro: Confirmed
> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed
> Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid
> Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid
> Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid
> Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed
> Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
> 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.
>