2011/1/15 Barry Drake <[email protected]>: > For tonight's meeting: > > I promised a report from a Windows user who is highly IT literate - but > Windows only. I'm going to meet her at my sister's next time she is > there so she can show me what she is doing with the USB and CD's. My > pendrive worked 'out-of-the-box' as did CD's and DVD's. > > Pleas take particular note about her googling for answers. We HAVE to > look carefully at that. I've had the same comment from everybody who > has done that. She always knew that Linux is only for geeks. This > seems to have proved it! Here tiz: > > "Firstly with regards to Ubuntu, having only ever worked off Microsoft > systems I have found Ubuntu less 'user friendly' - this I imagine is due > to the fact that I (like many others) have never used anything other > than Microsoft. However I have found the word processing, and > spreadsheet programmes like for like with Word and Excel - it just takes > some time to navigate around and get to grips - but they are accessible. > My main frustration is around using CD's, USB's etc - I find Microsoft > very easy to use when pulling data off USB's but with Ubuntu nothing I > have found seems to 'plug and play' - no guidance appears - so I resort > to 'googling' only to find forums with technical speak which I don't > always understand. > > > The manuals to support Ubuntu need to be written in a more accessible > way - screen shots would be useful - they need to be more accessible. > Generally Ubuntu appears to run a lot faster than Microsoft - the > 'office' programmes are comparable, but I feel you do need to be > technically savvy to use Ubuntu above and beyond emails and word > processing. My main recommendation would be that Ubuntu needs to be more > user friendly and I feel on-line integrated guidance would be most > helpful! Alex" > > > Regards, Barry. > -- > 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 >
Exactly for those kinds of reasons we have the ubuntu-manual and are we developing stuff like ubuntu-tour. Linux can be not so user friendly, but ubuntu is certainly changing that. I must agree on the usb stick and the (deliberate) lack of auto-run. but that is something people can get used to. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Keimpe de Jong (UndiFineD) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
