Re: Brainstorm
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > I basically agree with you, but note that Popularity Contest is an opt-in > service that I suspect many people don't notice unless they know to go > looking for it. This would have the effect of skewing the statistics towards > those who know what it is and how to enable it. Without trying to sound like an elitist bastard, is that such a bad thing? :) -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brainstorm
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Gabriel Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > most are stupid ones like please add X program by default. i find these > pointless as A) there is only so much you can fit on a 700mb disk B) > the popularity contest already looks at which packages are downloaded > the most. I basically agree with you, but note that Popularity Contest is an opt-in service that I suspect many people don't notice unless they know to go looking for it. This would have the effect of skewing the statistics towards those who know what it is and how to enable it. -- "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want to change the world?" - Steve Jobs to PepsiCo's John Sculley, 1984 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Brainstorm
saw this on digg this morning i assume most people read digg but i through it's cool i'll mail it to the list Based off dell's ideastorm which saw the first major computer company to sell end user linux systems ubuntu have created http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com brainstorm same basic idea. post ideas and things you hate about ubuntu. i had a quick read some are good... some are backwards "default auto login" was hammered as stupid really quick. most are stupid ones like please add X program by default. i find these pointless as A) there is only so much you can fit on a 700mb disk B) the popularity contest already looks at which packages are downloaded the most. Gabz -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
