tip of the day?

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 21:40 -0500, Joseph Method wrote:
> +1
> 
> I think there needs to be a broader conversation about user education
> as a goal in Ubuntu. This seems to be the central crux of
> disagreement, whether Ubuntu's goal is to create a user environment
> that requires no special knowledge or training, or whether Ubuntu's
> goal is broader--place it under the rubric of "empowerment". It's
> possible to see the first goal as desirable as a means to encourage
> adoption, without giving up the second as the ultimate goal. There is
> also the consideration that there are many implicit skills in using
> any operating system--in using a computer--that new users simply lack,
> and that these need to be made explicit, in as many ways as possible.
> I don't think it's so valid for someone reading a -devel list to say I
> don't need this completely optional aid, so nix that.

Why don't we just solve the immediate problem - that the behavior of the
installer isn't sufficiently clear to the large number of users who
expect a root account to be installed.

I have had several clients to whom I recommmended Ubuntu baffled by this
- clearly the warning is not prominent enough.

Lee