"The time I invested into Linux". I think this is a crucial difference. With linux any time spent in dealing with problems is an investment that can be built on and stays relevant to future releasea/versions and even side-ways onto different distros. With Windows it often seems to lead to a new dead-end.
I agree with the rest of the points especially about very much appreciating the community. Ubuntu does seem to get a bit of flak about not contributing to the wider linux community but i think it has a crucial role as gatekeeper/door-person/greeter/receptionist. It is the main distro that people first try or first settle with when they first try to migrate from Windows. I know a few people from Answers that have gone onwards to become developers and sometimes migrated upstream or to other distros. If it fulfills no other role i would say it has a crucial job in welcoming people into the gnu&linux/gnu&hurd/Bsd world. A role it almost shares with Chrome and Apple, for all their faults too. Many regards from Tom :) -- 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: Confirmed 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: 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. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
