(not replying to poster, but to the conversation) Really, who cares about the name? Was the name Google that made it a success in the SE world? That's obvious enough. I feel silly by saying it.
It's the "put out a decent desktop distro" bit that's not been achieved. Not the "best name". How can one believe that desktop Linux hasn't catched up because of that? The desktop Linux effort is scattered. It's like politics. A group believes it should be done this way. Another group believes it should be done that way. And another... and another... and so on. Thus, the hundred-distro-one-for-each-task syndrome. ALL OF THEM fail to deliver a desktop experience that's as user friendly as Windows XP. Simple reasoning: - lots of things don't work as they should. - to install software ABC it's *not* just a matter of putting a CD in a drive, having an installation screen popping up and one clicking "install". - There's nothing like COM for Linux yet. - <insert another example here> As long as this is true, you'll need to market the idea better than MS does with Windows, because their system might not work properly every time, but at least they were the ones who *defined* what user-friendly means. On 3/16/06, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote who="Howard Lowndes"> > > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > ><quote who="Howard Lowndes"> > > > > > > > Why doesn't someone just put out a decent desktop distro called "Linux > > > > Home"... > > > > > > Because brands make statements and associations that people identify > > > with. Do you drink STATE VODKA or STOLICHNAYA [1]? Do you drink NSW > > > APPROVED BEER or VB? DENIM TROUSERS or LEVI 501s? Do you use WEB BROWSER > > > or FIREFOX? > > > > So why do ppl use "Windows"... > > Because it's a great brand name that means a whole lot more than OPERATING > SYSTEM. Of course, being a pretty old brand name now, it's accumulated a > whole stack of warts. :-) > > > > I don't know about you, but "Ubuntu" is distinctive enough to catch my > > > eye, meaningful enough to take a place in my brain, and has grown to > > > mean so many more things through association with the product and > > > community that it's now unforgettably linked with warmth, quality and > > > friendliness. > > > > Well, I'm sorry, but it takes me back to my time in East Africa in the > > '60s when everything was "Uhuru this", or "Uhuru that"; uhuru meaning > > freedom, it did nothing for the African independence movements... > > That's okay, brands have different associations for everyone. I'm glad we > have been able to spread the idea of Ubuntu beyond its home, and I hope we > live up to it. > > - Jeff > > -- > GUADEC 2006: Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain http://2006.guadec.org/ > > Wake up and smell the penguin. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Julio C. Ody http://rootshell.be/~julioody -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
