<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 10/04/2011 11:02, Peter Kukums wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1302397335.3778.6.camel@SOPRANO" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="GtkHTML/3.30.3"> This issue concerns me greatly as I have spent the past few years converting beginners frustrated with Windows crashing, virus attacks and other concerns to the peaceful, stable world of Ubuntu. As beginners they would have no idea of how to change back to Gnome if they don't like Unity, and as people that don't like change I am sure they will feel disorientated by a major change in desktop appearance and functionality. I am then concerned that I will have to go back and visit them all to sort their issues out. Do the Ubuntu developers read these mailing lists, or alternatively do they get feedback from users? But I guess we will just have to wait until 11.04 is released to really judge. <blockquote type="CITE"> <pre>Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 22:14:52 +1000 From: colin mcdermott <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:colinjamesmcdermott@gmail.com">colinjamesmcdermott@gmail.com</a>> To: "<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a>" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Bug 1 Message-ID: <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:BANLkTimD4YVdH8EWfhVEoBvZzekaAyBBzQ@mail.gmail.com">BANLkTimD4YVdH8EWfhVEoBvZzekaAyBBzQ@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Free Software and its users [1]. ?It seems that Ubuntu's priority is > solving bug #1. ?Much as i agree that bug #1 needs solving...... I think that MY greatest frustration with Ubuntu is NOT that it solves Bug 1 (why are people wedded to windows), but that it tries it hardest to attract Mac users (Here is the Latest and greatest software released every 6 months, with the latest whiz bang interface whom many people believe is the best way to operate the computer). </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> Further to what Peter Kukums wrote...... I have several friends who are Windows users and are no longer that impressed with it because of the virus et al matters and I could convert them to Ubuntu. However, I am simply frightened to attempt because by the time they get used to the new operating system the damn desktop environment would have changed! I have a copy of Natty with its Unity desktop installed on a set of (removable) HDs as well as openSUSE with Gnome 3 on another set of HDs. My wife - who is using Maverick with gnome 2.3 - walks by, looks at the screen and asks, "What's this mess on your screen?". I tell her and she categorically states, "Don't you dare change my system!". And to make things more complicated for those starting out in Linux, there is no back-porting of applications except for security fixes. For example, Maverick comes with kernel 2.36 and FF 3.6; openSUSE with kernel 2.37 and FF 4; while Natty has kernel 2.38 and FF 4. So unless you know what you are doing and are prepared to go thru hoops there is no easy way to upgrade to FF 4 in Maverick, for example, and also to use kernel 2.38. BC <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Great Man reaches complete understanding of the main issues; Petty Man reaches complete understanding of the minute details." Confucius </pre> </body> </html>