Rutebook

[Doug Pollard]

NoOp wrote:
> On 08/27/2008 08:14 AM, Doug Pollard wrote:
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>>  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. 
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>>     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
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> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate
>   http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
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> Is probably the best place.
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> I will send this mail there Thanks Doug