On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Federico Leoni <effe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ali, > > I completely agree with you and Ronnie, we don't need to change the > custom interface of Lubuntu, I prefer continue talking about offering > alternatives. +1 Indeed. And that makes us on the same page :) > But please, let me explain why I think is a good idea > have an additional "XP skin" using an example: I have a customer, > female 60yo. She has an old PentiumD with 1 GB ram and XP. She use the > PC mainly for Internet, email (using a browser) and Facebook. Sometime > she like to listen music and use an old version of Openoffice. Migrate > could be easy and to begin I proposed a dual boot XP/Lubuntu 12.04 > LTS. After a couple of weeks she starts using more deeply Lubuntu but > she always back to XP to do something, like write a CD. Why? Because > after many years she was used to choose things on screen based on > colors and shape. Trust me, we are not speaking about a monkey, she is > a smart woman. > I totally see your point and have no problem with offering an additional XP Skip but under one condition that is not to change anything on the default skin of Lubuntu. I'm sure you agree. That 'additional' theme or skin can be added or perhaps included by default (we can vote for that later). > After a further customization of the interface (icons and windows > borders primarily) she switch completely to Lubuntu. In this way I > have helped one more person to migrate, that's for me is an happy > ending, and everybody here loves happy endings. :) > And that is the point of me and others being here and that is the purpose of our endless efforts. This category of people is perhaps just 1% of the potential users, but > they exist and need all the help we can offer because sometimes > teaching is not enough. > +1 Totally agree. Even though, my own style or way of doing that is a bit different. I always prefer to teach and guide people to use Linux as Linux not Windows. They need to understand Linux is not Windows and Windows is not Linux. Yes, both are Operating Systems and both came from C Language but we all know the differences between those two systems. But yes, in order to put a smile on everyone's face, I encourage sub-projects like that as long as there is someone who will maintain it and carry on to improve it. -- "All of us are smarter than any one of us." *Best Regards,* *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>* *Start Ubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu> * *My Own Business <http://alilinx.blogspot.com/>*
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