On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Linux Lingam<linuxlin...@gmail.com> wrote: > well i am on other lists, but did not x-post as it's not proper > netiquette and also
not say x post but just post, > am being specific to ubuntu home-users. pointless to be contacted by a company > that may want to drive a happy ubuntu customer to their flavour, which > may also not > be so free, or may even be quite proprietary. true, but the chances are that people who support any Linux will be able to support Ubuntu, > also, it's been almost 15 hours since i posted this, and no tangible response. > contrast with if i had asked for a home-delivery pizza service. > > no wonder most newbies eventually lose their appetite for linux. in 2005 the organization i worked for decided to change to Linux, full time, till then i was the only user and did my own installs etc but was not good enough to take on the job (then) so we asked a Linux Guru to help, and he did - came on location setup most of our systems, with the exception of a printer which was Linux unfriendly, Our location being far away (=remote) meant that any support was over phone / mail. Which worked out well. He was / is a Debian fan but got us onto Ubuntu because he felt it would be easier for us GUI and all naa :-) While i agree it may be good to have a company with dedicated engineers etc but it may also be possible that full time Linux people can provide full time support. And i think your question is a seed of an idea where a bunch of folks can get together and start up a service ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
