You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know that......
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and they warned me about your type........ Maybe Windows is the best system............... I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is worthy of my attention. Gentilli. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Martin Wildam <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:04, Tom <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > > I find that after a decent install most people don't even notice that > they are > > using a different OS. Firefox is there and the menus easy to navigate. > > Documents open with a double-click. > > I don't fully agree - e.g. Movie player is not playing a lot of > videos. Need to use VLC for those - so VLC must be installed and for > different files open with must be changed to use VLC instead of movie > player by default. I tend to instruct people to first double-click and > when it does not work use right mouse button and open with VLC. This > is easier than trying to find a sample for each possible format and > change default open. Similar applies for sound formats. > > And there are IMHO some other first-to-dos, be it tools to install > (like gsmartcontrol, Thunderbird, ...) and some options to change. - > But I don't want to complain about this because I have plenty more > first-to-dos under Win* and on Ubuntu I start the Synaptic, go once > through the list, ticking everything I want and then save the list to > an external file and never need to do it again manually. > > > > As G stated it is the install process that is the most difficult part. > > No, really, the installation is straight-forward. As with 10.10 it > either already starts preparing the harddrive while I do the last > inputs, is awesome - as well as WLAN already available and downloading > the updates already on the go. And with net access it already knows > the country I am in (regarding time settings). So there is nothing > more I wish to have. > > > > We try to make that easy and many people have lists of what to do after a > basic install > > in blogs and websites or in magazines. > > One idea: You could grab the most used sets of pre-installations and > pre-sets and offer that as additional option at installation, e.g. > similar as Fedora does, asking the user for typical use "Home user, > Developer, Designer/Photographer, ..." - that probably would make it > easier for a lot of people and for Canonical it would be just running > a few additional apt-get install lines and maybe some default > configuration files. I personally already have some files containing > those, so for me no problem as it. > > -- > Martin Wildam > > http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam > > -- > 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: Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid > Status in GNOME Screensaver: Won't Fix > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid > Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid > Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress > Status in The Metacity Window Manager: In Progress > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress > Status in Tabuntu: Invalid > Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid > Status in Tv-Player: New > Status in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid > Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in openSUSE: In Progress > 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 > > -- 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