[ubuntu-uk] Norm's complaint

[James Edward Grabham]

Not to mention the £60 odd licence in the first place, and the fact XPs 
support WILL end, meaning to get support, you'd have Vista, which, 
assuming it's not a new PC, you'd need another £200 odd for a new PC!!! 
(Plus yet another £60 odd for the Vista license)
 
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 01:12:41PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> i think i would sacrifice 2 and halfs for 6 months of no virus scanning and
> pop ups!!!
> 
> On 06/08/2008, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have used Ubuntu for almost 4 years and, from to time, there have been
> > discussions on how to encourage the wider use of the package. The common
> > recurring theme refers to ease of use and reliability and, after all
> > this time, there are still most annoying defects rearing their ugly
> > heads.
> >
> > Yesterday I decided to update my granddaughters computer from Edubuntu
> > 7.10 to Edubuntu 8.04. No problem, I hear you say, just start Update
> > Manager and take it from there. The process started telling me what was
> > to happen and indicated that it would take about 2 1/2 hours. Great,
> > files were downloaded and the installation process got underway until
> > there were about 4 minutes to go then, everything ground to a halt.
> >
> > I am not very computerate and know very little about the ins and outs of
> > Linux so what should I do? The first thought is to start again but I am
> > not sure how to do that and, in any case, it would mean another 2 1/2
> > hours with no guarantee of success, the second thought is to scrap
> > Edubuntu and return to Windows. However, I am an obstinate sort of
> > person so I posed the question on the Ubuntu-users list. Within a very
> > short time there was a response by someone giving the following
> > reference:-
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/249340
> >
> > There you have it - a very, very important procedure had a bug which
> > prevented the final stages of the upgrade process and which has been
> > known for some time. Is this way to gain confidence and attract new
> > users? I was able to follow the various suggestions without which my
> > granddaughter would be using Windows XP Pro today.
> >
> > OK, I have sounded off but this sort of thing should not be allowed to
> > happen and I would be grateful if someone, who knows their way around
> > the Canonical set up, could bring this to the attention of someone who
> > cares about the future of Ubuntu.
> >
> > Norman
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >

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