Yeah well honestly, I think Lubuntu's approach to things is a LOT easier than Kubuntu. If you find something that doesn't just work in the GUI, it's kind of messy. I think all users should feel empowered enough to use the command line. The fact that they have control over their system is something they should celebrate not fear, but that's a whole different discussion. :)1
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess that "ease of use" is what is important. Getting things is > accelerated because of the reduction in actually hacking the system. No need > to pull your hair out, for the most part. At least now I have a better of > what I am really dealing with. > > On Mar 5, 2015 5:30 PM, "Walter Lapchynski" <w...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> >> Well, I guess you need to ask Ubuntu about that. If we judge it by the >> original plans sabdfl suggested, the idea was to make Linux easy for >> people. It seems this is true. There's much less hackiness to get >> things done (for the most part), lots of configuration options, good >> integration, and let's not forget convergence. I'm not talking about >> the interface (e.g. the fact that we have Mir/Unity on Touch) but the >> fact that that "ease of use" is all over the place. Look at Juju or >> Snappy to get an idea of what I mean. >> >> The unfortunate thing is it's "easy at all costs." I feel that one of >> the costs one faces with Ubuntu is a lot of extra cruft. >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir >> <saqman2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > So lubuntu targets Ubuntu users who like the simplicity of operating a >> > Linux >> > OS but with lxde. Now I know the audience for lubuntu what about ubuntu >> > in >> > general? >> > >> > On Mar 5, 2015 2:26 PM, "Brendan Perrine" <walteror...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:08:14 +0100 >> >> Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > without [much] tweaking. For licensing reasons the end user must >> >> > install >> >> Yes having network manager work is espically important as you need >> >> another >> >> machine to get support for every other problem you have with lubuntu as >> >> it >> >> is all online other than maybe linux user groups. Unfortanely there is >> >> not a >> >> way to get some broadcom wifi working out ot the box. >> >> >> >> I think a smaller audience is the people who just like lxde because of >> >> the >> >> interface and not overly animated. I think a file manager is quite >> >> useful >> >> and improtant to test. In the live session test I try to mount some >> >> partitions and play music or podcasts testing that sound works and that >> >> you >> >> can read data from live session which might be really helpful is say a >> >> student had there homework and for some reason broke there machine so >> >> it >> >> can't boot could still run the live session and print their homework on >> >> another machine. Also sound makes the live session test more enjoyable. >> >> Although it can't be in mp3 format because of codecs. >> >> -- >> >> Brendan Perrine <walteror...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> >> Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> @wxl | http://polka.bike >> Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA >> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact >> Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader >> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer -- @wxl | http://polka.bike Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
