On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:58 PM, doug livesey<biot...@gmail.com> wrote: > amazing developers here, but the issues I had/have with sound cards & > keyboards, and that I've had/have with other machines with sound & wireless > connections, mean that I could not recommend Ubuntu to an 'average' user --
You've had issues with keyboards? Never heard of that one before... what type of keyboard? And what was the issue? > Another is video and sound (in general): I find that the quality of playback > for both audio and video (but esp. video) to be significantly lower than on > OSX (on the same machine) and Vista. The screen flickers and has refresh > breaks in the middle of the screen, and on a lower-end machine, jumped > intolerably for the majority of files. I've found some embedded video files > like those embedded from youtube to be of an unwatchable quality in Ubuntu, > with black squares flickering in the middle of the screen. Again, I imagine > the task facing those who write drivers for *all* variants of machine to > use, and am awed -- but this would still bug the average user. Are you using proprietary Flash plug-in or the open one? Might be worth trying the other... > Another is supported proprietary software, which just isn't Ubuntu's fault > (as I don't think the others are, tbh). The biggie being iTunes, which you > need for an iPhone, and everybody & their dog seems to want one of those. Ah, but if more people started using Linux then Apple might consider it a good idea to port their software... it's a supply & demand thing... ;-) > There's no way for an 'average' user to easily get up & running with it in > an emulator or dual-boot or whatever. Why? And have you proven iTunes doesn't work? This article seems to suggest otherwise... http://www.huanix.com/2008/11/12/itunes-8-running-in-wine-recognizes-ipod/ > What do others think? Is it something they would recommend to non-geeks as a > swap in for OSX, or Windows? "Non-geeks", probably... "complete novices in the Outer Hebrides with loads of local friends using Windows" I'd probably not, as it's useful for them to have a support network around them to wander around their house and offer advice to them in person. Same issue as that John fella, with his difficulties understanding shell. As there are currently more people using Windows by Linux (by quite some way) then those who need "friends to come around to help" would probably be better with Windows. But I'd probably suggest Linux to those people over OS-X, because their Windows mates might be able to figure out how to use Linux as it is similar (and the majority of the key combinations (eg. ctrl-alt-delete)) are the same whereas OS-X has a completely different methodology altogether. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
