-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 23/03/12 21:45, Daniel Case wrote: > On 23 March 2012 21:21, Neil Greenwood > <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> wrote: >> They spent lots of money testing different behaviours > > In my opinion, this is where the problem lies. The main people > Linux attracts, no matter which way you look at it, are hackers (in > the general sense).
That's exactly the problem we're trying to solve. Not asking the target audience, but only asking hackers would be arrogant and foolhardy. That's why we don't do that. We do listen to feedback, more than you'd imagine, and decisions taken about design (for example) are directly affected by user feedback. That doesn't happen for every minute decision, but it happens. We're also making it easier to buy computers with Ubuntu pre-installed by talking to hardware vendors, to get it shipped from the factory. It's hard work and takes a long time to do but we're getting there. > Which brings me back to my first point, who's going to advocate > Ubuntu if it annoys the hacker and makes life more difficult? > Those of us who do like it, do use it and believe it is the right path for Ubuntu to take. If you don't then you have a number of options:- * Install a different desktop environment on your Ubuntu system * Join the discussion on the various Ubuntu development lists to articulate how we're doing things wrong * Test and file bugs when things don't work correctly * Provide patches or programs to help Ubuntu & Unity to appeal Personally I am in this for the long haul. Each 6 monthly release is fantastic, but I'm thinking years away from now, and I'm happy to persevere through the rough times because I think the long term goal is worth it. Frankly if people who are "inside" our community, "hackers" as you call them aren't willing to get stuck in then Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora and hundreds of other distros are -> that way. Enjoy! Cheers, - -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPbPNTAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wChEH/RM19onR03LMACgW+MmUJgnf 339V9dYOGw/1j/Lsn3vu/BBfIgAZIZAgLLZ+L1aLka1MbJ+yf9HDZfrvdaz3IkaR Nbq74GlBOi3PXBGjrFmJdtRtbKuNetXEVkNlCT7W4pJiX81HMldfJb12m2fuFghC OszzWub42SJT65DH0psESmyTdtgKuY+nd4Fc3s5+ZKy8SfG6qFlggPHlcWWJKXmU DH7aa2hav2UoSNcrweXxz+uTHMfuXjBXpmLIXGD9MrHXrpnZlSw71ZWBMW/m9wWe iSGsmCjZKBgKp10CB2IqwoacCzgNtyiVJnFPYtuOamuD/J7vPC8+Dr3djFIHW78= =NtdC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
