On 09/30/2012 05:33 PM, Martin Wildam wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Guruprasad <[email protected]> wrote: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1055766 > > While funny on one side, it seems that some more important issues are > overlooked currently:
I would say far more than funny. :) But also, quite sad. In the rush to be everything to the new user, the experienced user is being thrown under the bus. (You may argue that this is not your intent, but the view from under the bus says intent is not the only issue.) I have not seen an exodus like this since Windows ME. And it is not just Unity (since now you can get full Gnome 2 functionality without to many ugly hacks) or the Amazon ads (since your can turn them off) or the dumping of the alternate install disk, a tool without which this system I am typing on currently now could not have been installed on. (Graphics glitch which while fixable, it required changing things on the install and a reboot, something hard to do on a Live CD) It is the fact that over and over (including in the humorous thread listed) we are being told we are wrong. (Example https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1055766/comments/4 ) We are being told that they way we choose to do things is not the way they should be done, and if we don't like it, go to Lubuntu. The thing is that when you do that, you loose people. (Not just to Lubuntu, but you loose the spirit they once had.) I still promote Ubuntu, but not like I once did. I was the recruitment guy for the Houston LoCo. I sponsored Ubuntu hours, and launch parties. I even mentioned Ubuntu in an InformationWeek interview. I worked to get Ubuntu installed on Desktops in two different companies I worked in since I started using Breezy, but I would not do so now. (I still recommend it for non-technical new users and tablet fans.) It is far to risky. In the rush to get the new people, I am seeing something I had not seen in the Ubuntu community before; Churn. Churn is expensive, and is a regression towards fixing Bug1. I am not saying the direction you are going is a bad one. Just to look at the people you are leaving behind... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority desktop market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
