On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Yorvyk <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:10:12 -0500 > Tim Bernhard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So my question is what dose the average user expect their OS to do "out > of > > the box"? Pretend you are putting it on someone's machine. Maybe your > > mother, or the neighbor who has never used anything other than Windows. > > What will they expect? > > > Don't pick on mothers. > ha, ha.. > > They expect it to look and behave like Windows, especially if they have > been to classes at the local school or college. > Let's not get too carried away! Ha, ha. But yeah they would expect Lubuntu to do everything Windows does and complain if it doesn't. But I switched my mother-in-law over to Ubuntu a few years ago. She got used to it and now she likes it. So let's not give up on these poor souls. > > > Here's my list: > > - be efficient (most overlooked by most OS) > Define efficient. > See my last reply. > > > - find anything on my local network > Most people of the type you're talking about wouldn't no what a LAN is. > Yes, but they get people like you and I to set them up anyway and then we have to show them how to use them. > > - let me use it with external monitors/TV as a basic media player (HDMI > out) > Had very few problems with desktop machines but, portables on the other > hand. They seem to be either plug 'n' play or a royal PITA. > I can't figure out how to output sound to my TV...I might have a royal PITA in store for me. lol > > - allow basic personalization (LXDE's lack of menu editor is a bummer, > but I > > don't fault anyone for that.) > Again the sort of user you're talking about rarely customises their desktop > beyond changing the wallpaper. > I agree. Still hoping to be able to edit menu items in LXDE as you would in Ubuntu. Not a deal breaker though and I don't expect anything to happen soon. Just dreaming. -- > Yorvyk > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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