Going forward [Re: Automatix?]

[Daniel Carrera]

Chanchao wrote:
> Sorry, I was not advocating to try to teach them 'everything', merely
> the bare essentials they NEED to successfully use Ubuntu beyond just
> opening up Firefox and OpenOffice.   I'm talking a 10 minute explanation
> of where to get software ("Synaptic, not off the web yourself"),

You are, I think, contradicting yourself. Your previous post presented 
the premise that usability must come at the expense of security (a 
premise I disagree with). Here you give an example of the contrary 
(Synaptic).

It only took a couple of minutes to teach Synaptic to my kid brother. 
It's not that hard, and it doesn't drop security (there's no reason why 
atp-get is more secure than Synaptic).

> why they need to enter their password (use sudo) to do those things.

Another example where usability does not have to mean a drop in 
security. My mom understands that Linux separates users and you need a 
password to do things that are potentially dangerous. She likes that 
because she knows she can't get a virus into it (there are other things 
she doesn't like about Linux, but this is one of the things she likes).

>>What about VCRs or other home entertainment devices?  Cameras (digital
>>or otherwise)?  In all cases things got easier and required less
>>end-user knowledge.

I can't use my VCR :)

Cheers,
Daniel.
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