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 4 dz, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority desktop market share Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: New Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: In Progress Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The Metacity Window Manager: 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: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Arch Linux: Confirmed 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
