The Ubuntu Experiment

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/7/30 Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org>:
> > From experience, that won't interest home users! We need a 'you can do
> > this' not a 'you are free from this' approach. And home users won't
> > need a LiveCD.
>
>
> Nope. But users TRYING Ubuntu for the first time will appreciate the LiveCD
> "Hey, you can try it without destroying your original PC if you aren't sure
> yet"...

That is true.

> > AutoPano for Linux:
> > http://www.autopano.net/buy-autopano/download.html
>
> Thanks! One LESS reason to keep the big Windows machine at home (now that
> GIMP/uRAW can read my Canon RAW files). :)

:)

> > Can you provide precise examples (I am unfamiliar with Vista, fortunately).
>
> Nope. Not a Vista user. But it's got a lot of eye candy... you mentionned
> the panorama tool, there is the media player, video editor, mail, web... all
> that pre-included. Direct download of photos from cameras. Printing (without
> having to configure CUPS). Automatic network discovery. So many things that
> make life easier... that are on Linux as well... but sometimes you need to
> do just a little bit of extra work to get it perfect.

I'll try to compile a list of those things and file bugs. Help with
the list would be appreciated. What do you _do_ with your computer?

> > Ease of use is critical. People still think Linux = geek OS...
>

Only those who have heard of it :)

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