Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 13:31, Tim Dobson <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
http://popey.com/blog/2009/10/21/bbc-breakfast-talk-up-windows-7-dismiss-rivals/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/10/24_hours_with_ubuntu.html
I noticed this line in the dot.life article
"But when I tried to install a free open-source audio editing program,
Audacity, it appeared more complex to get hold of an Ubuntu version than
the one I've used on a Mac."
What's really sad about this statement is he could have had audacity
installed in seconds - I guess he didn't know about the package manager.
I had assumed he had and just was confused. It would be interesting to
make contact with him and find out.
I'm starting to think that the first thing a fresh Ubuntu install should
do (especially if it's straight from the factory) is show a video
highlighting the features of Ubuntu and one of the first things shown
should be how to install software. In general, installing software a
much better experience then what you get with WIndows and Macs but it's
also very different, so you end up with people claiming installing
software is dificult.
That's a good idea.
I seem to remember Linspire 5.0 did this or something. Then I realise
Linspire for what it is (great heaps of fail with added
corporation-friendly buzzwords).
I think it could be implemented crudely fairly with firefox 3.5 and html5.
If you create like a simple portal with like 5 things down the side
(welcome, using the gnome menu, installing software, where to find help,
how to do xyz) it would be trivial to get it set as a homepage or something.
this isn't idea as it assumes connectivity and various other stuff but
still, for a very quick hack it's quite cool.
There's already a massive repository of screencasts but doing new ones
wouldn't be too difficult.
Tim
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