2008/12/27 Manish Sinha :
> Yesterday I installed Intrepid on my desktop. I plugged out all network
> cables before installing and was hoping to get an error box or a hanged
> screen at 82%. Guess what happened? The installer just skipped the step
> and didn't stop at 82%. I felt really happy with
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:30:52 +
Ian Lynch wrote:
Big snip and a merry Christmas to you all.
I've been watching this thread and the one thing that has been missed
and it doesn't matter what the Intelligence of the user is like.
But if some one gives you a CD saying this is a complete distro, s
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 13:30 +, richard wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:30:52 +
> Ian Lynch wrote:
>
> Big snip and a merry Christmas to you all.
> I've been watching this thread and the one thing that has been missed
> and it doesn't matter what the Intelligence of the user is like.
>
>
Ian Lynch wrote:
>
> Depends on whether you are talking about people on this list or an
> average user. I bet 90% of computer users would not know what would and
> would not fit on a CD.
>
+1
Not everyone is tech-savvy, additionally Ubuntu was never meant *only*
for tech-savvy people, its Linux
2008/12/27 richard :
> But if some one gives you a CD saying this is a complete distro, surely
> no matter how thicK you are you must realise that a complete distro can
> not fit on a 700Mb CD, therefore there is more to be loaded, and when
> it sets up the inet connection it should be obvious that
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/12/27 richard :
> > But if some one gives you a CD saying this is a complete distro,
> > surely no matter how thicK you are you must realise that a complete
> > distro can not fit on a 700Mb CD, therefore there is more to be
> > loaded, and when it sets up the inet connect
2008/12/27 Nils Kassube :
> OK, the answers above are made-up but I think they match the audience in
> question.
>
++Nils
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nergar ha scritto:
> This is getting out of proportion. Ubuntu should NOT ask if it is ok to
> get updates. We are trying to run a "Linux for human beings" distro and
> if we start taking steps in this direction, we might as well ask for
> permission to connect when opening firefox. The last thi
Ian Lynch ha scritto:
> Can't say I have noticed a vast issue with stability, but I agree that
> careful consideration of the target market is needed. What is the
> biggest user group/potential user group and does a change work well for
> this group or not?
In the proposal that people seems to be
Vincenzo Ciancia ha scritto:
> In the proposal that people seems to be vastly accepting,
Here, I meant "people on this thread" :)
V.
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:51:41 +0200
"Dotan Cohen" wrote:
> 2008/12/27 richard :
> > But if some one gives you a CD saying this is a complete distro,
> > surely no matter how thicK you are you must realise that a complete
> > distro can not fit on a 700Mb CD, therefore there is more to be
> > loade
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:47:39 +
richard wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:51:41 +0200
> "Dotan Cohen" wrote:
>
> > 2008/12/27 richard :
> > > But if some one gives you a CD saying this is a complete distro,
> > > surely no matter how thicK you are you must realise that a
> > > complete distro
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 13:30 +, richard wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:30:52 +
> Ian Lynch wrote:
>
> Big snip and a merry Christmas to you all.
> I've been watching this thread and the one thing that has been missed
> and it doesn't matter what the Intelligence of the user is like.
>
>
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 16:47 +, richard wrote:
> Mr average user is capable of reading, he/she is reasonably web
> literate, their knowledge is a bit greater than their kids. and as
> such there is no excuse for not knowing the size and capacity of a CD.
/me giggles madly
Just what planet are
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 16:47 +, richard wrote:
<-snip->
> He knows that if he buys a copy of windows 1 CD maybe 2
<-snip->
Windows is a DVD now
MacOS is a DVD as well
Perhaps its time to move the default Ubuntu release to a DVD also. ;-)
If I remember correctly the main reason it hasn't been s
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