On 11 November 2011 04:01, Mackenzie Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Among gamer nerds or among people whose needs ubuntu can actually fill: the > ones who just need a web browser and a word processor? > > My experience with the latter group is that until the hardware craps out, > they have no intention of spending money on a new one. Dad got rid of the > pentium 2 when the motherboard died less than a year ago. Mom still has a c > 2002 system running Ubuntu, and I'm pretty sure the last time any of their > friends asked me to fix a windows blue screen it was well over 5 years old > too. > > Computers are replaced as frequently as refrigerators by people who don't > care how quickly it loads a page or makes ice: when it stops turning on.
Those people are probably not upgrading their refrigerator firmware all that often either. They may not want a major new OS release. They might install an update/backport of a particular app. There is a group of people who want the latest-and-greatest software on old or small hardware, but they're necessarily the crowd you're describing here. m -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
