This bug is widespread in the UK, and like so many bugs, seems to have mutated and migrated to the Human population. When I wished to purchase a new laptop, I requested Vista be removed, and the price of the OS (and I use the term loosely) discounted from the price of the laptop, that I might install Ubuntu myself. I was informed that it was unwise to install Ubuntu, or any other Linux (pronounced "Lie-nux"), since "most computers are not compatible" and "it's very buggy and difficult to install". Apparently, when it is installed, "lots of things go wrong, and don't work, and it's very difficult to fix". When I argued to the contrary, and informed the salesman that I'd been using computers for 25 years, and Linux (pronounced Linux) was stable, he abruptly turned away, and proceeded to lure an unsuspecting young couple into buying a computer with Windozzze preinstalled.
However, conversely, when I wished to by a laptop in Thailand, the machine was clean, and I was asked which operating system I would like pre-installing, and given a wonderfully wide choice of open source OSs, in addition to XP and Vista. When I informed them that a clean computer was fine, and that I would install the OS myself, I was met with a beaming smile. I find this an incredibly worrying and disturbing bug, which seems to be predominant in "the West". Might I suggest we begin by stopping the spread of this bug to other countries, before addressing the root problem of the bug? -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is a direct subscriber. Status in Club Distro: Invalid Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid 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: In Progress 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. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
