Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Amit
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 12:24 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:24:33 +0530, Amit wrote: > >There is no menu in the default Ubuntu desktop GUI. > > Hi, > > I suspect that still several Ubuntu flavours have got an application > menu by default, much likely even for the latest release.

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 3/20/22 11:59 PM, Amit wrote: Older people and first time users (who don't have much prior experience of using computers and also who don't know about different ubuntu flavors) will type something like "download ubuntu" in google search to download ubuntu. When you do this, currently, you wil

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:55 AM Amit wrote: > >[...] > > There is no menu in the default Ubuntu desktop GUI. Menu? I suppose it is not technically a menu, but there is that vertical task-bar-like thing at the left of the screen, and at the bottom of that is a pinpad thingy that brings up screen

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Amit
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 6:28 PM Stephen Satchell wrote: > On 3/20/22 11:59 PM, Amit wrote: > > Older people and first time users (who don't have much prior experience > of > > using computers and also who don't know about different ubuntu flavors) > > will type something like "download ubuntu" in g

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Amit
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 6:36 PM Joel Rees wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:55 AM Amit wrote: > > > >[...] > > > > There is no menu in the default Ubuntu desktop GUI. > > Menu? > > I suppose it is not technically a menu, but there is that vertical > task-bar-like thing at the left of the screen,

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Amit
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 6:28 PM Stephen Satchell wrote: > > Amit, are you recommending that Canonical add that plug-in as part of a > default install/instance of 20.04 et al? > Yes, whoever or whichever company manages Ubuntu, they/it should put applications menu by default on all flavors to make

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Thomas Ward
On 3/21/22 09:21, Amit wrote: On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 6:36 PM Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:55 AM Amit wrote: > >[...] > > There is no menu in the default Ubuntu desktop GUI. Menu? I suppose it is not technically a menu, but there is that vertica

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Amit
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 6:54 PM Amit wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 6:28 PM Stephen Satchell wrote: > >> >> Amit, are you recommending that Canonical add that plug-in as part of a >> default install/instance of 20.04 et al? >> > > Yes, whoever or whichever company manages Ubuntu, they/it shoul

Re: Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

2022-03-21 Thread Michael Loftis
On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:09 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > Please, folks, if you want something idiot prove to use, pay much money > for Apple hardware and software! If you are willing to read the fine > and easy to understand manual and you don't need professional grade > {,nice} software, but yo