On Nov 10, 2007 10:34 PM, Onkar Shinde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 10, 2007 9:08 PM, Nilesh Trivedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I wrote a short and simple guide for those who are trying out Ubuntu for > the first time. This will also save time for us who have to do handholding > for them while we make their Ubuntu installation usable. > > > > http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Fixing_Gutsy > > > > Please contribute to it and make it a definitive place to point people to. > > I have few comments and I need inputs from other page before fixing the > page. > > 1. I have objection to the title 'Fixing Gutsy'. There is nothing wrong with > Gutsy. 'Customizing Gutsy' is more appropriate title. > > 2. I really fail to understand what functionality Adobe Acrobat Reader > provides that home users require which is not by provided by Evince (the > default PDF reader in Ubuntu). Apart from that it is non-Free software. > > 3. If you install all gstreamer plugins and w32codecs you can play almost > every media file except .rm. Also you can play those files in Firefox since > totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin is installed by default. So I don't know what > are you trying to achieve by recommending mozilla-plugin-vlc. > > 4. I haven't yet felt the need to run a Windows application. So at least I > don't see a need to recommend wine. It defeats the purpose of using a Free > operating system. > > 5. Now the most important. Your page is IMHO just a variation of > http://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats targeting a specific > version of Ubuntu. We already have loads of guides about how to play > restricted formats. What we need are the guides to achieve some other > specific tasks. I hope you will take this as constructive criticism. > > > Onkar > -- > Passion - Some people climb mountains - others write Free software. > Don't ask why - the reason is the same. > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
Should we instead title this as "Tips for Ubuntu users at college campuses" ?? ;-) cheers nilesh -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
