Forgot to give the LinuxMint link: http://linuxmint.com/ --- Shabab Mustafa Liaison Person Ubuntu Bangladesh https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Shabab Mustafa <[email protected]>wrote: > @ Shumon, > > I think you can try Linux Mint ( ) than Kubuntu. KDE is a bit advanced > thing. You may not find it as user friendly as you are looking for. > > I completely agree with you about the Teaching/Training part. Till now the > learning material / resources that are available are very much scattered and > do not have a standard curriculum. Most of the tutorials were written > discretely and aren't very semantic. We have a lot of scope to work on that. > > > In my opinion, the major reasons about being confused about names or > finding a user interface not friendly etc. comes from the lack of basic > knowledges. In most of the cases applications have standardized names like > 'media player', 'web browser', 'Image Editor' etc. If one can recognize > 'Photoshop' but cannot understand what an 'image Editor/ manipulator' does, > it is purely nothing but lack of knowledge. > > > --- > Shabab Mustafa > Liaison Person > Ubuntu Bangladesh > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Shumon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks all. I'll try to summarize/organize for our future reference. I'll >> comment using "ME" per issue as needed. >> >> 1. Linux options for Windows GUI >> a) Ylmf OS http://ylfm.org/en >> b) Linux XP http://linux-xp.com/ >> c) Windows & look-alikes http://goo.gl/Zxstz >> d) Kubuntu http://www.kubuntu.org/ >> e) FVWM http://www.fvwm.org/ >> ME: I'm leaning toward Kubuntu but which one is best for XP user with >> lesser >> multimedia, plug/play issues & has virtual space to run Windows software? >> >> 2. Unpopularity >> ME: Even if it's not popular among the Linux community, it's no indicator >> of >> how it'll hold for the general population who may not know about this or >> may >> not know how to use it. >> >> 3. Support >> a) ME: Organized support group is certainly a challenge at this time. But >> let's at least take those primary steps we can to create that interest >> among >> general users. Any market has a spectrum of participants. Perhaps we won't >> capture the other end of the spectrum but at least some in the middle or >> closer than the middle will get interested. No? >> b) Websites: http://www.linux.org.bd/ http://www.ubuntu-bd.org/ will be >> up >> in June/soon. >> ME: Great! >> >> 4. Conversion >> a) ME: Can we have a screen capture video tutorial displaying the benefits >> of Ubuntu? This can be done easily with a freeware (only know of a windows >> app) CamStudio. >> b) ME: A series of such videos in Bangla would be simply wonderful. I can >> help in production but my only handicap at this time is Windows :( >> >> 5. OpenOffice impractical >> a) ME: Have to agree with Jewel. I use OpenOffice and maintain hundreds of >> old .doc/.xls files as well. Most people don't utilize the thousands of >> features in any of the softwares they use. I'd venture to say perhaps >> 20-30 >> features at most. So OpenOffice is a practical option for MOST MSOffice >> users. >> >> 6. Adoption: Memorization vs. Learning >> ME: It's not exactly memorization but rather an effect of the power of >> semiotics. Symbols make us think/behave/create expectations in a certain >> way >> without us being aware of it and it's very difficult to break that pattern >> oneself, hence we need good teachers to help us. So, we can't simply blame >> the people and instead provide them with good/efficient >> teachers/tutorials. >> >> 7. OS terminlogy standard >> ME: I understand what Jewel means. Using "Open-Excel" is a good idea. The >> problem is copyright/trademark issues of course. But I think he means >> having >> similar naming conventions for similar functions. I am somewhat a dry >> person >> so I want functional names to things and can do without catchy names that >> marketers love for their branding. I'd much rather have similar names for >> similar functions so that I can make the connections and know my options >> easily. >> >> 8. The problem of choice. >> ME: Again agree with Jewel. Thousands of choice is not always good... of >> course US consumer culture would say otherwise. Sometimes such degree of >> choices are there to confuse and misinform. It can be just as bad as 1 >> choice. Here's someone who can explain it better than I ever can. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM and same at >> http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html >> >> 9. Overall comment. >> ME: Guys, most of us are at least more technical than the general >> population >> but that doesn't mean we have to take every single word literally. Let's >> try >> to be sympathetic toward what the person is trying to communicate rather >> than the particular words they are using. >> >> Shumon >> -- >> Ubuntu Bangladesh >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >> > > -- Ubuntu Bangladesh https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
