Hi, not sure, if anybody who can make decisions is still reading this, but I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 for a total beginner (this is what Ubuntu claims to be most adapted for):
a) Never ever a total beginner is able to install and setup Ubuntu on his own - will always need help (I already wrote that a while ago)! This does not apply only for the installation and basic configuration, but also for online accounts (register new accounts - reuse existing ones - most people don't even remember or write down their passwords, decision what application to use for what task (depending on the person and tasks there can be major differences). Not all of this can be made simpler by the operating system. b) I just felt lucky to install the newest 12.10 (instead of the 12.04 that has been previously there on the same machine) and unfortunately - although already a good while ago the release - I rushed into a few annoying bugs like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1069504 or https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/848164 (quite similar bug descriptions). That ever worked since 10.04 as far as I remember - and now it does not - where this feature was never so important for me as it is now because the very beginner user (even beginner in mouse handling) now needs 2 more clicks onto ... ... an icon that cannot be made bigger (person also does not see very, very good). c) Apart from the fact that I did not have the impression that with the switch to upstart the startup process really got faster (on a two-processor-machine) it also seems to introduce problems. On my machine sometimes compiz does not come up fine, but who cares, I can restart it manually if it does not because I did the login too fast. But in this case I set the autologin for the beginner user and now I experience different problems that might occur as skype not started which happened once or - even worse - network manager is disabling wireless network after autologin. So now I must also train the user to make sure the right checkmarks are activated. d) For the beginner user the buttons for closing the window are too small. While that was no problem on Gnome2 in Ubuntu 9.04 up to 10.04 with the introduction of Gnome 3 and unity those buttons simply don't grow when I increase the font size in Universal access - and I cannot do this in the same way (by specifying the dpi) I could under Gnome 2 - Now I have only 3 choices (as in Windows 8-P). But at least on Windows the Window-Buttons grow together with the fonts. e) For recharging the mobile internet stick I had to register at the provider homepage with the stick's number and it sent me an SMS message. Guess what: I could not find any crappy application that was able to read the messages from the huawei USB stick (that fortunately worked out-of-the-box to get the internet connection). Finally I put the USIM card into one of my older phones and read the mesage with the initial password there. - Is this meant to be user friendly? f) I experience several options for the display not working as disabling of dimming of the screen. Somehow changing the settings and disabling the ambient light sensor in the bios now brought an acceptable solution - that worked on 10.04 on the same machine for sure! And so on and so forth! - I am really loosing the will of frickling around - neither with Windows nor with Linux - it is so sad, that such things do not work fine but on the other hand focus is put elsewhere (Amazon lenses and Ubuntu-Phones for example) while the laptop or PC is still (for a long, long time, I would bet) a very important tool. I am really loosing all kind of joy that way... -- 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 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 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 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 and other projects are meant to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to all." "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world." * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic practices. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. What happens: Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre- installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary. What should happen: A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd 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
