On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 10:35 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote: > > > On 5/15/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it'd be interesting to find out what it is that > impresses > new non-techie users the most about Ubuntu. > > For people who are 'into' IT it may be engineering, > adaptability or > the politics of FOSS. For the large majority though it's > likely to be > something quite different. > > I hope that this information will help us sell Ubuntu more > effectively > and help focus in on some themes that can be included in > future > marketing campaigns (like the leaflet suggestion for > instance). > > Here's my example. > > Like many IT folks, I'm the unpaid tech support to an array of > family > and friends. Anyone who comes to me wanting a basic desktop > (ie - who > doesn't want to play computer games) gets Ubuntu. > > What has surprised me is that the most commented on feature of > Ubuntu > from the perspective of the non-technical user is the > add/remove > programs menu option. People seem to be very impressed that > they can > simply click a button and quality software appears for free, > ready to > use on their computer. > > Surely more can be made of this to punt the feature to new > potential users.... > > Any other examples ? > > Chris > > Like your people I was and am deeply impressed with the Add/Remove > facility (it keeps me away from the dreaded terminal) but it lacks > depth. Alter looking through the list of software and finding two or > three that attracted me, I couldn't easily find a definitive list of > thickie application programs on the web. they are scattered all over > the place and I had to use this list to find what I wanted. I had > expected some sort of link(s) attached somewhere in the add.remove > sector which took me to a long list of free applications which did > something for me outside of just getting the computer to work, A > keyword search facility should be atttached. > I use Ububtu because it is reliable, free and friendly Robin.
BTW you could use synaptic, perhaps that's whats needed, an even more graphical synaptic with a tree structure for displaying related packages eg: Networking>Mail>Clients>Kmail. hris > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
