Why Ubuntu isn't for New Linux Users

[grethe at bek.no]

> On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 22:39 -0600, Randy Gloden wrote:
>> I agree whole heartedly with the essence of the message.  But, this is
>> not a coding problem.  The scripts to do this "even with a GUI" already
>> exists.  The technical aspects are simple enough that this could be done
>> from scratch or existing code reworked with little effort.  So, even for
>> those that want to make Ubuntu idiot proof and have all functionality
>> work out of the box, they will not sacrifice their convictions to make
>> this happen.  These things are not being held out of the OS because the
>> those that are in positions of influence are elitist.  Rather, they
>> haven't been presented with a "solution" that they can "live with" or
>> are convinced of yet.

>> So, this is not a technical issue waiting on an application
>> designer/developer.  It is a political issue that has many on the
>> opposing side that believe enough compromise has already been made in
>> Ubuntu and the inclusion of something similar to "automatix" would
>> constitute an endorsement of the technologies it enables .

Sun, February 26, 2006 11:04 am, "Matthew East" <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> No, this is a technical issue, in my opinion. If you know an easy way to
> complete this spec, then please go ahead and contribute some code and
> comments:


Does it have to "be" either "or"?  Maybe it is both at tecnical and a
politcal issue?

Following this discussion, I have to comment from the sideline here: