Rutebook

[NoOp]

On 08/27/2008 08:14 AM, Doug Pollard wrote:
>  This may not be the place to express this but  I am not sure where to 
> go with this opinion.  I installed Rute book for my daughter and could 
> not remember how to open. Some on the list helped me and we got it up 
> and running. 
> 
>     I think Rutebook  could be such an important part of Ubuntu for the 
> newbie that it should come installed in applications so it can be 
> clicked on to open.   It makes no sense for the Ubuntu that touts the 
> idea that you don't even have to use the terminal if all you are going 
> to do is do the normal computer things that most do.  
>     The problem is it is not long until there is a problem and help is 
> needed and most likely someone on the list will tell the newby to read.  
> The first thing done by online help I think should be to help them get 
> rootbook open.  Kinda like giving seeds to an impoverished farmer.  No 
> body is going to use Ubuntu with out needing to use the terminal.
>     This is the reason the first thing I did was to try to get Rutebook 
> open on the desktop for my daughter.  I have done it on my own computer 
> but needed you guys to help set it up.  Thats crazy!  A newby who thinks 
> he's getting into a program where he will never have to get into a shell 
> like in Windows where you push a button and it throws away the program 
> and goes back to where it was before the mess up.    Thats what I 
> expected in the beginning. That was what I did for a long time in 
> Ubuntu.  I had windows on the drive and went back to it as soon as their 
> was a problem, threw away ubuntu and reinstalled.  Works OK but it's a 
> pain in the rear end.
>     I didn't begin to learn anything until I got rid of Windows.  I 
> think a dual boot system is a mistake for anything over a couple of 
> months  unless windows has a program you just can't do without.    How 
> in the world Rutebook is in Ubuntu but you need to be at least somewhat 
> experienced to find and open it.  Makes no sense to me!!
>     I am, as you can see a strong advocate of Rutebook as a way to learn 
> Linux.  It is excellent. Maybe someone who has the know how could write 
> a widget  to open it with in applications or something.                 
>                                  Doug
>  
> 

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate
  http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

Is probably the best place.