Building Safety Into Our Work

[Mike Basinger]

On 05/20/2011 02:39 PM, Jono Bacon wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Today on the #ubuntu-power-users channel LaserJock raised a really
> important point: if we have essentially two broad sets of users
> (end-users who rely on the out-of-the-box desktop experience, and power
> users who want to trick out their systems), how do we protect end-users
> from damaging their system by using tools designed for power users?
> 
> I think this is an important topic of conversation, and I think the
> combined insight of the community could come up with some good ideas.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 	Jono
> 

I think this need to be a key foundations of the power user community.
Giving people the tools and info to tweak their system , but in a way
that does not damage their installs or makes it difficult for the
kernel/bug team to help people with bug reports.

We have enough sites inside/outside of Ubuntu that say "hey install this
deb/ppa/file" it awesome and then 10 minute later the person has an
usable system.

Mike

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Mike Basinger
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