Ubuntu is for everyone, not only for newbies (was: Delay auto-updates of software to reduce downtime)

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Alexander Jacob Tsykin">

> Ultimately, somebody with Linux expertise is not really going to need what
> Ubuntu offers in terms of ease of use features.

"Ease of use" is not just for new users. Consider the number of extremely
experienced developers and technologists who have been popularising the Mac
OS X platform. They're not enjoying it because it's the ultimate in hard
core geekery. They're using it because it doesn't punch them in the face and
they have better things to do with their time than "install codecs" and fix
uncooperative apps that eat each other's audio.

Experts need usable systems too. Consider the impact of usability over the
lifetime of a user, rather than the first ten minutes [1].

- Jeff

[1] Even though sometimes it's worth optimising for the first ten minutes.

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