Is Ubuntu/Gnome user friendly enough?

[Johnathon]

Win32codecs are illegal in the US... I'm not sure about anywhere else.

Another reason I don't tell people to use Easy Ubuntu, is it has a habit of failing, and not failing nicely. Automatix has failed in the past for me, but was easily recoverable with user-friendly error messages (in the time it did fail).
Easy Ubuntu crashed, and was a right old pain in the neck to get working again...

Mr Blogs from down the road (or 3000 + miles away) isn't going to know how to deal with that, considering they have NEVER touched a CLI. Talking them through installing the thing is bad enough... let alone trying to talk them through repairing. This of course, would be where a nice remote support mechanism would be handy... (I.E. like *******'s. But better.)

[Dinerty]

I personally think Ubuntu and gnome are very user friendly, if it had not of been for Ubuntu I'm not sure whether I would of tried a Linux distro.

The layout of gnome and the usability of Ubuntu make it a great combination indeed

[richard.stallman]

I think it is...but everyone has their own learning curve with it...

agreed.

the person who posted defintely has not used KDE. it's horribly complicated. believe me!!

[notwen]

Gnome is fairly straight-forward. If the user can surpass the fact that the 'Start Menu' is no longer present than he/she will be fine. It took my mother and father around 2 months before they got comfortable w/ using Ubuntu/Gnome. They're still running a very nice Edgy install to this day w/ zero complaints. =]

[p_quarles]

agreed.

the person who posted defintely has not used KDE. it's horribly complicated. believe me!!

Yes, KDE is complicated. So is GNOME. I use neither.

Necromantically revived thread moved to Recurring Discussions.

[Rome.konig]

if you use neither then what do you use?? In my humble opinion i believe that gnome is very easy to use, and ubuntu support is non-stop.

[p_quarles]

if you use neither then what do you use?? In my humble opinion i believe that gnome is very easy to use, and ubuntu support is non-stop.

Fluxbox.

In fairness, though, I use many KDE applications, just not the window manager.

[bruce89]

Yes, KDE is complicated. So is GNOME.

I've never heard that one before.

[p_quarles]

I've never heard that one before.

Simple front-end, a back-end that's just as complicated as any other DE.

[yabbadabbadont]

No, it won't be simple enough until it wipes your behind and blows your nose for you...

(at least that is the impression that I get from most noobs )


P.S. Fluxbox for the win! (actually, that goes in a different recurring discussion thread...)