On Mar 5, 2015 11:39 AM, "Walter Lapchynski" <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Lubuntu has always been for low resource machines. Many of these will be converts of old traditional operating systems, so it's important to make them feel at home. > So you agree with Nio's explanation of target audience?
>Secondarily, it's for those that want a complete but low resource OS. > I am not quite clear what complete means. Could xfce be considered low resource? > @wxl > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader > > On Mar 5, 2015 8:36 AM, "Nio Wiklund" <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Den 2015-03-05 16:57, Istimsak Abdulbasir skrev: >> > This may seem like an odd question but a question that will better help >> > me in my efforts as a tester. >> > >> > Who is the target audience? What type of users are we trying to attract? >> > With this answer I can find a more effective way of performing testcases >> > and writing them. Plus, I can focus on images and packages that meets >> > that goal and what to report back to the developers. >> > >> > Istimsak Abdulbasir >> > >> > >> > >> >> This is an interesting and important question. Maybe we tend to skip it >> and simply assume something, that might be wrong. >> >> I think it is important to make linux in general, and for us the Ubuntu >> family of programs, easy enough to use for average users, who are not >> particularly interested in the engine under the hood. >> >> I would not draw a sharp line between GUI tools and CLI tools. Both can >> be easy or difficult to use, but I know that many people who arrive from >> Windows and MacOS *think* that CLI tools are 'rocket science' ;-) >> >> For many average users, only a few application programs are necessary >> plus an easy way to maintain the system (update/upgrade and backup) and >> a tool to install new programs. >> >> The main application program is the web browser. >> >> But more advanced users are often good at making us tune the system for >> what they need. Maybe we are like them, so we tend to listen to them too >> much. >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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