Hola Tom ! you've got it ! Linux/Ubuntu's big weakness: too many choices ! Me? I use 3 different music players, 3 different browsers, and many different image display apps. Why? Because it's there ! AllenGG
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Tom <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > There's a shiny new toy, i want, i want, i want. There's another new > toy, i want, i want, i want. > > It's really bad there are so many shiny new toys. Please stop it!! Force > me to keep using the old one i hid in the cupboard. > > Linux should not allow so many choices! It should be more like Windows. > > On the other hand i will be quite glad to settle people down on 10.04LTS > and let them rest there for a few years. I stuck with 9.04 for about a > year. There's still 9months support for it so even now i don't HAVE to > upgrade. > > To upgrade i test a LiveCd of it > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD > try it on a small partition away from my main stable install > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot > and than decide whether to commit to it or use a separate /home > Oh, dang it, more choices!! > > Here's this link again > http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm > Regards from > Tom :) > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Invalid > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid > Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Invalid > Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid > Status in Tv-Player: New > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: In Progress > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in openSUSE: New > 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. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscribe > -- Use Ubuntu, a free world , without windows or doors, and no viruses and spyware ! http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs