On 2015-09-01 17:51, ttoine wrote: > In conclusion, I can tall that, yes, it is possible to compete with > other more common solution in many fields of multimedia production. I > just feel that Ubuntu Studio is not anymore the best way to attract > users. We need something new, fresh and elegant for curious people ;-)
I'm not sure, but i think i'm reading a re-branding suggestion here. Do we need to cut all past ties to do that? I don't know. Sometimes, when my converted friends need help (which is incredibly seldom), i send them the terminal command to cut and paste because it's faster than writing a how to for the GUI: "open this app, go into that menu, click on "magicschwizzle button", browse to the voila-tab, enter value "X" under tudulu, click accept, restart program".... Obviously, my personal experience has NO relevancy to the majority, but my friends always tell me with pride that they fell like a hacker :D And i like that. By helping them solve the solution this way, i'm indirectly teaching them how the terminal works, what a directory looks like in text, and so guiding them to better understand their own computing. To be fair, I don't think i have ever tweaked or tuned ubuntustudio more then the looks of the desktop (place menu where i want it, pick a funky color). Why would i, the software shipped with it works as is. The most complicated task i have ever needed to do is install Nvidia drivers or add a PPA in the software-update GUI. Installing my audio interface was a matter of plugging it, and set my desired options in jack. But then again, i looked up the gear before i bought it. In a way this is also a collateral benefit: with GNU/Linux, you can't just buy stuff. You have to know what you want to do and research it. You are basicaly being pushed to learn and to socialise to find your answers. I think this is an extremely healthy process that stands out in our ever more tear&trash oriented society. Having all this written, let me add that i also believe everything could be simplified and better and i sure hope things will keep on getting easier acces threshold and better stability. But i don't think over simplyfying things is something we need to aim for. The ideal situation as i see it would be having a fair balance between leveling ubuntustudio down to the masses and lifting the masses up to ubuntustudio. And as of today, this is what i think Ubuntustudio is very good at. Perhaps deeper-digging brainstorm around tutoring is a better way to go, than to make things flat easy. I guess it's just my opinion. :) Have a great day y'all! -- Set -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
