On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 19:46, justfred <[email protected]> wrote: > In my opinion (and possibly it has been mentioned before but I did not > have the courage to read through all the posts) the main problem is the > office suite one.
I would say (and you mention also other examples like AutoDESK Inventor), it is branch specific and other widely adopted packages (like MS Office) that often create real headache. I know the MS Office issue very well. While it worked already acceptable for .doc etc formats, with .docx etc it got worse again. I myself switched to Open Office long before I switched from Windows to Ubuntu, just because it was the more reliable product (regarding crashes and particular very annoying bugs). In cases where I write the documentation, I solely use LibreOffice now on my Ubuntu machine. But all my collegues are using MS Office (I am the only Ubuntu user among about 130 people) and I get all type of crazy stuff - including MS OneNote files or Outlook e-mail template files (I am using Thunderbird). They are just too used to it and ignore the different. And yes, it is one reason that holds Ubuntu back from gaining more market share. > So, IMHO, it is not the quality of the OS that is holding back the > penetration of the Linux OS in the market, but rather the lack of an > office suite that is compatible with, Summed up: There is a lack of interoperability. On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 23:35, Pako <[email protected]> wrote: > Technical - Ubuntu should drop xorg in favor of Wayland, > 50% of bugs will be fixed immediately. I imagine, you are right, but my fear is that Wayland also has a lot of teething troubles - as Unity has. It is not very helpful, fixing 50 bugs, but introducing 60 new... ;-] > Windows uses 90% of GPU to draw the GUI, that's why is so snappy. > Philosophical - Ubuntu should drop the stupid services like "Brainstorming" > I like the fact that GNOME developers don't give a sh*t about users > for their wishes and ideas It is better to invest into convincing people instead of building walls to hold them back and avoid them to speak to others. I find the community very important. Probably, Canonical should improve their way of communicating the reasons for their decisions. I for myself - after digging a little - understood, why the are creating Unity. Nevertheless it is still not stable enough for my needs and the community and Canonical should know and act on such Community-feedback. Best regards, Martin. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Team UGR, which is subscribed to ugr-meta. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in GenOS: In Progress Status in GNOME Screensaver: Won't Fix Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: In Progress Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The Metacity Window Manager: In Progress Status in NULL Project: Invalid Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: New Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid Status in Arch Linux: New Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. What happens: 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. What should happen: 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
