You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know that......
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and they warned me about your type........ Maybe Windows is the best system............... I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is worthy of my attention. Gentilli. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Tom <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > This bug report is not about how difficult or easy OSes are to install. It > is > about how difficult it is to buy a machine with a decent OS pre-installed. > > @ Martin > > I think we are agreeing but have semantic differences. Imo an install is > not > complete until the system is tweaked and made usable for the use the user > requires. A basic install of Windows is not ready to use imo. A basic > install > of Ubuntu is also not fully ready (imo) but has stuff ready to use that > Windows > doesn't and usually takes less to get it ready. > > To get Windows to the same level as Ubuntu you have to install many > programs > such as Office (i would use OpenOffice in Windows, not MicroSquish Office, > and > Firefox not IE for safety and security). 'Obviously' for > OpenOffice/LibreOffice > i would do > > Tools - Options - Load/Save > to set all the defaults to the unsafe ".doc" and ".xls" ones that people > prefer > in the Windows-world. > > Then both Windows & Ubuntu need multimedia players (Vlc for both, also > MPlayer > for Ubuntu and hopefully Zoom Player for Windows), Gimp (for both) and > whichever > other packages the user would appear to need from whatever they have been > talking about, mostly Ubuntu already covers those but Windows doesn't. > Ubuntu > makes a lot of that easy by following the Community Documentation Medibuntu > page > but there are countless blogs, magazines and stuff either in the fake-world > or > online that cover the multimedia issues. > > Both Windows and Ubuntu need drivers for any oddly awkward hardware. For > Ubuntu > these are mostly online but it may take some hunting to find them. For > Windows > you might need to find that crusty old Cd that came with the device. > Inevitably > some stuff wont work with Windows because "it is too old and you should buy > a > new device and stop being such a cheapskate". With Ubuntu some newer stuff > wont > work but might do fairly soon especially if you post a bug-report about it. > Ati > & NVidia have communities doing a lot of work right now and updates happen > quite > frequently. Even the companies themselves are making efforts to provide > more > support (for fear of losing customers now linux usage is reaching above > 4%). > Other companies will follow their lead. > > Both Windows and Ubuntu will need to be updated and this is one area that > Ubuntu > really scores highly because it does everything, all the codecs, libraries, > drivers, programs, packages, everything all in one go & you can walk away > and > leave it to get on with it with no further interaction. Windows will > usually > require several reboots and requires the update process to be repeated many > times before it is 'completely' updated. Also Windows tends to make a > fuss > about stuff requiring user-input. Also Windows doesn't update any of the > drivers or programs, not even free ones such as Adobe flash-player or pdf > reader. So an ubuntu system is fully patched and ready whereas a Windows > one > seldom reaches that stage. > > Both systems often need tweaking to set which applications are preferred > for > certain tasks (right-click on a file-type and set what it opens with) > although > with Windows you seldom get a choice and just have to be careful about > which > programs you install last as each one grabs control. With Ubuntu you can > finesse it at almost any point. > > However, none of this is what this bug-report is about. All of this > depends on > the skill (in the particular OS they are attempting to install) of the > person > doing the install and how easy they find it to access useful help if they > run > into problems. Again, that is not what this bug-report is about. > Regards from > Tom :) > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid > Status in GNOME Screensaver: Won't Fix > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid > Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid > 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: In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: Invalid > 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 unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscribe > > -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
