Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread andylockran
Sean Miller wrote: Without being a pain in the bottom.. I understand the whole Linux situation very clearly.. but at the end of the day if it doesn't work on Linux then consumers are going to blame Linux - not the manufacturers. No, that's a misconception... nobody would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Renjith Nair
I believe the argument is not whether windows is easier than linux or vice versa. That is common man's opinion about linux since he/she expects everything to behave like windows. Everything which behaves differently from Windows is considered to be 'difficult' because they are only used to using

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu profile

2007-10-29 Thread davisjo
Hi, Renjith Nair has described exactly my feelings on installing hardware in Linux. I know my problems are caused by lack of experience, something shared by many others. Once installation issues are eased, Ubuntu will sell itself. Regards John-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Matthew Larsen
It might be good to have a feature in ubuntu, where if something isnt supported you get a little popup (like the update manager) saying that your piece of hardware isnt supported / no drivers etc, and to maybe link to some help or something like that. Maybe refer you to launchpad bugs? I can see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Travis
Dougie Richardson wrote: [...] This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread LeeGroups
We need solutions for this problem. All persons won't buy boxes from Tesco and so it is necessary that we have to support the commonly available wireless cards, even if the manufacturer is not supporting Linux. Difficult task to achieve .. but that is the way forward. If the number of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Mark Harrison
John Levin wrote: LeeGroups wrote: I seriously don't get why people 'think everything just works' in Windows... Most people aren't interested in arguments about whether Windows has similar problems. Most people aren't interested in upgrading Operating Systems. Most people encounter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Chris Rowson
Dougie Richardson wrote: [...] This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread John Levin
LeeGroups wrote: We need solutions for this problem. All persons won't buy boxes from Tesco and so it is necessary that we have to support the commonly available wireless cards, even if the manufacturer is not supporting Linux. Difficult task to achieve .. but that is the way forward. If