<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">christopher chatfield</b> <<a href="mailto:me@chrischatfield.com">me@chrischatfield.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 10:35 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On 5/15/07, Chris Rowson <<a href="mailto:christopherrowson@gmail.com">christopherrowson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I thought it'd be interesting to find out what it is that
<br>> impresses<br>> new non-techie users the most about Ubuntu.<br>><br>> For people who are 'into' IT it may be engineering,<br>> adaptability or<br>> the politics of FOSS. For the large majority though it's
<br>> likely to be<br>> something quite different.<br>><br>> I hope that this information will help us sell Ubuntu more<br>> effectively<br>> and help focus in on some themes that can be included in
<br>> future<br>> marketing campaigns (like the leaflet suggestion for<br>> instance).<br>><br>> Here's my example.<br>><br>> Like many IT folks, I'm the unpaid tech support to an array of
<br>> family<br>> and friends. Anyone who comes to me wanting a basic desktop<br>> (ie - who<br>> doesn't want to play computer games) gets Ubuntu.<br>><br>> What has surprised me is that the most commented on feature of
<br>> Ubuntu<br>> from the perspective of the non-technical user is the<br>> add/remove<br>> programs menu option. People seem to be very impressed that<br>> they can
<br>> simply click a button and quality software appears for free,<br>> ready to<br>> use on their computer.<br>><br>> Surely more can be made of this to punt the feature to new
<br>> potential users....<br>><br>> Any other examples ?<br>><br>> Chris<br>><br>> Like your people I was and am deeply impressed with the Add/Remove<br>> facility (it keeps me away from the dreaded terminal) but it lacks
<br>> depth. Alter looking through the list of software and finding two or<br>> three that attracted me, I couldn't easily find a definitive list of<br>> thickie application programs on the web. they are scattered all over
<br>> the place and I had to use this list to find what I wanted. I had<br>> expected some sort of link(s) attached somewhere in the add.remove<br>> sector which took me to a long list of free applications which did
<br>> something for me outside of just getting the computer to work, A<br>> keyword search facility should be atttached.<br>> I use Ububtu because it is reliable, free and friendly Robin.<br><br>BTW you could use synaptic, perhaps that's whats needed,
<br>an even more graphical synaptic with a tree structure for<br>displaying related packages eg: Networking>Mail>Clients>Kmail.<br><br>hris<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br>> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br>><br>Why should I have to use synaptic when the Add/Remove faciity aready exists. This is what I mean about things getting complicated. Robin<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
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