Are you trying only to include open source alternatives? I noticed you listed Ekiga without mentioning that Skype actually has a native Linux client.
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Barry Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > Those of you on the advertising list will know that Danté Ashton and I > have been trying to research easy entry into Ubuntu with the mindset of > the average Windows user. Please consider helping with this research. > The aim is to pick a particular 'need' and to follow through whether > this need can be met under Ubuntu, how easily and how successfully. > This use should ideally be one that your Windows friend would have, and > preferably a need that you know little about. > > First take a look at: > https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/switching/C/applications-equivalents.html > > This page may need revision, and certainly needs extending. > > Rules for research: any necessary packages to be easily and quickly > installed without using the commandline. The preference would be to use > the Ubuntu Software Centre. If you have a way of meeting the need, but > this requires commandline or other methods, please submit this anyway - > Ubuntu could incorporate a simple workaround. Any scripts or code you > write to make things work could be posted. Stuff like that could easily > be part of a package and run on installation without the user being in > any way aware of the complexity. > > When you have done the research, please report on how easy it was to > access the information and provide links if a good method is suggested > online somewhere. > > So far, I have researched iPod and iTunes. I have also explored > Logos/Libronix as a colleague has over £1000 worth of books in that > format. I have to report that Ubuntu is not for him. I have e-mailed > Logos and received a reply stating that at present they do not have > plans to support our platform. The same was true of Mac until many many > Mac users complained to Logos! A niche area, but maybe you'd like to > aid that cause? > > I also did a webcam exercise with my sister. The task was dead easy for > me - but incredibly daunting for my sister and it need not have been! > That one hardly wants any tweaking but it does need tweaking and > properly documenting. > > Researching iTunes, I found an official Ubuntu document that said iTunes > would install under PlayOnLinux. I tested this. Only iTunes 10.6 can > be made to work, and it installs crippled. The CD rip and burn > facilities don't work. It is official policy that we do not include > methods based on Wine or any of its derivatives as these, however good, > are not for the Ubuntu newbie. > > The result of the above is that iTunes can be perfectly replaced and > iPods work just fine under Ubuntu with several apps BUT the Apple > download store cannot be accessed. Most of you knew that already - I > was working in the dark and discovered how hard it was to get > information that a newbie could follow. > > So - lay aside your geekiness for a time, imagine you're a newbie and > volunteer to research a particular need. Please state the one you are > thinking of pursuing so we don't duplicate the effort. If there's a > good response, maybe someone who has admin access to the Canonical or > Ubuntu website can set up a Wiki for us to report back on? > > Hope I'm not treading on any Canonical toes here .... apologies in > advance if I am. > > Regards, Barry Drake. > -- > What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? > ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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