ade234uk
June 11th, 2006, 10:02 AM
We are all using Ubuntu becuase we are quite technically savy but we need more ideas like Automatix, Easy Ubuntu.
What I notice with new users is that they dont like change. Its taken one person at work about 6 months to finally agree the Firefox is a much better &safer browser then IE. I am glad to say he now uses it all the time. I am also getting the boss slowly converted but this will be a harder task. I can see it, we can see but non techy people just dont get it and cannot see how dangerous IE really is.
Whether we like it or not a new user will make an assumption immediately about Linux / Ubuntu because the only experience they have had is using Windows and if one thing does not work in Ubuntu they are most likely to say Linux is rubbish and go back to Windows. This is why we need things like Easy Ubuntu and Automatix.
What I notice with new users is that they dont like change. Its taken one person at work about 6 months to finally agree the Firefox is a much better &safer browser then IE. I am glad to say he now uses it all the time. I am also getting the boss slowly converted but this will be a harder task. I can see it, we can see but non techy people just dont get it and cannot see how dangerous IE really is.
Whether we like it or not a new user will make an assumption immediately about Linux / Ubuntu because the only experience they have had is using Windows and if one thing does not work in Ubuntu they are most likely to say Linux is rubbish and go back to Windows. This is why we need things like Easy Ubuntu and Automatix.