malfist
May 30th, 2007, 08:21 PM
Has anyone read this: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=420&page=1?
Let me quote it's title: "Five crucial things the Linux community doesn’t understand about the average computer user"
On page 3 of the blog he attacks ubuntu for it's updating process, way to complecated:
"Ubuntu is nice, it’s solid, it’s fast and it’s robust (so far anyway), but it’s also way too geeky in spots. Don’t get me wrong, overall Ubuntu is nice, friendly and convivial. But there are dark corners that absolutely reek of Linux geekdom cliquiness that average users aren’t going to feel at home in (I don’t feel at home there). Ubuntu updates are one such area where you need a high level of know-how to understand what’s going on.What the Ubuntu dev team need to do is find, I don’t know, 100 people who aren’t Linux geeks and stick them in front of the OS. Use these people to get feedback on different aspects of the OS. As soon as users start to look confused, scared or go bug-eyed then something needs tweaking. If your average home user is going to look at Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows or Mac, all these geeky corners have to be smoothed out."
Yes, it is so confusing to click update, type in your password (if you're an admin) and let it run. I mean, on windows it's soooo much easier, you have to buy a new copy of the software, unistall the old, reinstall the new. Let's hope you don't need to update much, that can get expensive and time consuming. As for updating the OS to a new version too; windows is so much easier too. Figure out which version you want, buy it, install it, activate it, keep up with keys and serial numbers, and pray it works. Man, I wish ubuntu could make it that easy.
Malfist
Let me quote it's title: "Five crucial things the Linux community doesn’t understand about the average computer user"
On page 3 of the blog he attacks ubuntu for it's updating process, way to complecated:
"Ubuntu is nice, it’s solid, it’s fast and it’s robust (so far anyway), but it’s also way too geeky in spots. Don’t get me wrong, overall Ubuntu is nice, friendly and convivial. But there are dark corners that absolutely reek of Linux geekdom cliquiness that average users aren’t going to feel at home in (I don’t feel at home there). Ubuntu updates are one such area where you need a high level of know-how to understand what’s going on.What the Ubuntu dev team need to do is find, I don’t know, 100 people who aren’t Linux geeks and stick them in front of the OS. Use these people to get feedback on different aspects of the OS. As soon as users start to look confused, scared or go bug-eyed then something needs tweaking. If your average home user is going to look at Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows or Mac, all these geeky corners have to be smoothed out."
Yes, it is so confusing to click update, type in your password (if you're an admin) and let it run. I mean, on windows it's soooo much easier, you have to buy a new copy of the software, unistall the old, reinstall the new. Let's hope you don't need to update much, that can get expensive and time consuming. As for updating the OS to a new version too; windows is so much easier too. Figure out which version you want, buy it, install it, activate it, keep up with keys and serial numbers, and pray it works. Man, I wish ubuntu could make it that easy.
Malfist