I really wish to see EVERYONE with a computer using Ubuntu. I'm scared Unity will see the demise of Ubuntu!
Here's the advantage I can offer here which few others can: I see how computers get used by people who have little knowledge about using computers; such users find it difficult to understand what the rest of us know without thinking. Here's the secret to win-over new users: assume new users DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. It's like they have landed on another planet and need to make sense of things. Such users can use a cashpoint/ATM without even knowing what operating system it's running underneath. If the cashpoint/ATM is not running Windows, they have no idea. An interface which the user does not have to “learn” may be the reason why tablet devices like the iPad have become so successful? When you design a user interface, it must be *fast*. A blazingly fast interface will instantly impress users who are familiar with the slower response times of Microsoft Windows. It also allows programs to run faster, especially when Ubuntu is installed on older computers. I think it will be at least 10 years before we see a fully “3D” graphical user interface, so let's focus on 2D user interfaces for now and later introduce more advanced and powerful user interfaces on newer computers in the future. Don't allow all the bells and whistles of the user interface to conflict with programs like Flash Player and Wine - a weakness with Unity at the moment. Remember that users are likely to be relying on Wine to run Windows programs which are not available for Ubuntu/Linux. -- 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 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 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
