** Description changed: Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default, this would allow Youtube to "work - out of the box" in-line with new-user expectations. + out of the box" in-line with new-user expectations. This change only + proposes changing the selection of a pre-existing option in the + installer to selected by default. No other changes are proposed to this + option that we already ship. + There are many issues regarding this change: 1) Legal - Canonical are currently looking at the legal fine print regarding changing this option from 'not selected by default' to 'selected by default'. Canonical Legal have given Canonical Design the provisional OK for this change, buy Canonical Legal are continuing to do final checks of some EULA details at the moment (which?). This issue is in Canonical legal's hands, and a final answer should arrive at some point. 2) Usability - People working on Ubuntu want free software to take over the world! In Ubuntu we want Free Software and Ubuntu to grow beyond the bounds of enthusiasts and to get casual non-techy users into the world of open source software. To do this effectively there is a need to match and exceed the experience that Ubuntu first-time users receive from proprietary software. For example people expect YouTube to "just work". If YouTube doesn't work they say (paraphrasing) "I tried this new computer, it looked quite nice but when I went to YouTube it didn't work, so I want back to using my Mac/PC". There is a low tolerance for early failure in common and basic usecases. In the world we want to get to of Ubuntu and Free Software everywhere, all of the functionality that users expect will be deliverable with open source software. But to get there we need to massively increase our user base and attract more developers and companies to the open source ecosystem. And we won't be able to do that if we can't meet basic casual user expectations along the way. To beat the proprietary competition our no. 1 priority has to be delivering the best possible experience to our users. Unfortunately to do this today we need to we need to let users use some elements of proprietary software as a stop-gap. However unless we meet user expectations in Ubuntu, Ubuntu will never get the landslide user base required to support the development of open source alternatives and replacements. - *** When the open source alternatives match the quality of their - proprietary equivalents it will no longer be necessary to have this - option. If the default state is changed, a user can of course still un- - tick it. *** - - We should strongly bear in mind that regardless of the technical, legal, - social, or usability aspects. Certain proprietary Flash libraries - remain the largest cause of browser crashes and have proven to be - incompatible with power-management longevity. + When the open source alternatives match the quality of their proprietary + equivalents it will no longer be necessary to have this option.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723831 Title: Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default (aka "make Youtube work") -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
