On 03/07/11 10:51, Bruno Girin wrote: > >> Has anybody else been following this series? What are your thoughts? > > I've been reading some of it. I think he makes a number of a good points > but he also has the tendency to assume things will be complicated and > therefore goes for the complicated option first. The way he initially > installed WINE or the way he manually created a separate partition under > Windows in order to install Ubuntu side by side is another. > > It may be worth promoting the software centre more and position it as > being similar to an 'app store'. Linux users have been used to this for > ages so don't think about it anymore but for the larger population the > concept of the app store is new and they don't expect a desktop OS to > behave that way. > > Bruno > > >
hmm, good idea perhaps when people click on synaptic it could come up with a dialogue box explaining software centre and suggest using that to install packages instead, This should be one time only non intrusive and perhaps have a click box saying do not display again. I don't want ubuntu to end up like windows with endless boxes popping up but we can help people a little and be less intrusive in the process. just a thought, Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net Open Mic nights - Wednesday 8pm to 11pm (14+) Free entry Breakin' Ground - Street dance for young people (8+) Wednesday 6pm (starts May 11th) The Lighthouse,26 Esplanade Road, Paignton 01803 411 812 or e-mail i...@devonmusiccollective.com for more info. 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
