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 Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:14 PM, houstonbofh <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > On 10/20/2010 02:21 PM, Setve Gentilly wrote: > > > When I get a new system (which I get regularly) after it is assembled it > > take me 1 to 1.5 hours to install Windows, the drivers and the necessary > > software to get it to function at 100% efficiency. I don't have the time > to > > fart around and mess with Operating systems and drivers that don't even > run > > on a double click from the mouse, nor do I have the time to learn a new > > programing language (although I do know a few), no thank you. > > I have expertise in both Windows and Linux. Windows takes longer. > Mainly it is the massive amount of reboots between updates and drivers. > Also, the install is far to interactive, not set it and forget it. As > an aside, the only programming language I know is Perl, and I haven't > really used in in years. > > > Let me give you an example, I installed Ubuntu 10.10RC on an AMD machine > > with an Asus board and an XFX HD 5770. When it came time to install the > ATI > > drivers from ATI, I ran the package and it said nothing to me so I > rebooted > > and guess what, it was not installed. So I then proceeded to install the > > third party drivers that Ubuntu suggested. Well, what a great performing > > card........ It gave 50GFLOPS instead of the 1400GFLOPS Windows gives me. > > I don't have time to fart around for days or weeks to get the machine > > working 100%. > > You installed a beta, and it was not perfect? Really? And those Vista > betas were so smooth... And you had ATI driver problems? That is > surely an Ubuntu issue. > http://www.google.com/search?q=ati+driver+problems Or maybe not. And > why did you go the the ATI website first? Oh, yes... You picked up > that habit from Windows. In Ubuntu, you go to the repos first. And > yes, the ATI Linux drivers are worse than the Windows drivers for many > ATI cards. One reason I like nVidia. (On both platforms) > > > When Ubuntu is as easy to install as Windows, then I will have another > look > > at it. > > You want Ubuntu to be as easy for a beginner to install with no > experience as Windows is for an expert with years of experience. That > is the bug... Unreasonable expectations. And the thought that > "Windows" is "Computer" and if you know "Windows" you know "computers." > Not so helpfull with Mac, Linux, HP-UX, Aix, Solaris, AS400, VMS, or a > number of accounting specific systems. Now if you give the same test to > your grandmother, I bet Linux is easier. > > And this is the reason I responded. People keep looking at the wrong > bug. The bug is that we did not tell you this BEFORE you started. Now > it is too late... > > -- > 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 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