Ignatz_Maus
June 16th, 2010, 05:39 PM
Hello, new to Ubuntu. Moblin was the gateway drug. Installed it, was intrigued but quickly realized that it was way too thin for my needs so moved on to Ubuntu.
Installation for both was a learning curve but nothing too crushing.
However, what is up with the seemingly simple matter of installing programs?
YUM
TAR.GZ
.DEB
.RPM
APT
Additionally, most of these files do not install at all but ask for a program to open them with. I know that TAR.GZ is an archive file and needs to be decompressed first. But what is the story with the others?
One other question, hopefully simple. Ubuntu comes with a movie player and a music player. Why is the movie player the default for MP3s?
I know that there will be a learing curve with the OS but these two issues seem to be extremely basic problems that Ubuntu should have gotten right if you hope to attract a wider audience. Is this a sign of things to come? =)
I have a great deal of patience and a sense of adventure (and humor). Looking forward to getting Ubunto do completely replace Win XP... the one truly killer issue... being able to open, edit and save MS Office documents with Abi Word or Open Office without ANY formatting funkiness... That's it, pretty simple, I just need to be able to interact with the wider MS-Win world on a business level.
Thanks!
Installation for both was a learning curve but nothing too crushing.
However, what is up with the seemingly simple matter of installing programs?
YUM
TAR.GZ
.DEB
.RPM
APT
Additionally, most of these files do not install at all but ask for a program to open them with. I know that TAR.GZ is an archive file and needs to be decompressed first. But what is the story with the others?
One other question, hopefully simple. Ubuntu comes with a movie player and a music player. Why is the movie player the default for MP3s?
I know that there will be a learing curve with the OS but these two issues seem to be extremely basic problems that Ubuntu should have gotten right if you hope to attract a wider audience. Is this a sign of things to come? =)
I have a great deal of patience and a sense of adventure (and humor). Looking forward to getting Ubunto do completely replace Win XP... the one truly killer issue... being able to open, edit and save MS Office documents with Abi Word or Open Office without ANY formatting funkiness... That's it, pretty simple, I just need to be able to interact with the wider MS-Win world on a business level.
Thanks!