unable to install ubuntu 16.04.2

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 29 May 2017 18:24:02 +0100 (BST) "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello Colin
> 
> On 05/29/2017, you wrote:
> 
> > On 29 May 2017 at 16:53, Richard <mobile at directemails.info> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I downloaded the Ubuntu 16.04.2 iso, and created the DVD. when I tried to install this
> >> on a Windows XP machine and also a Windows 7 laptop, in both cases I get a purple screen with at the base of the screen a pictogram of a rectangle
> >> followed by "=" followed a pictogram of a man in a circle.
> >>
> >> nothing further seems to happens.
> >
> > What happens if you hit a key?
> 
> ok, that has resolved the problem!
> 
> 
> > The pictogram is intended to show a
> > keyboard and a man, meaning hit a key for manual operation. 
> 
> that may have been the intention but literally speaking it doesnt say that!
> 
> it shows a rectangle where the screen resolution is too low to 
> show any keys, and equals means "the same",
> 
> ie rectangle equals man in circle, which is a bit crazy!
> 
> with road signs, something in a circle means "not allowed",
> eg a bicycle in a circle means no cycles allowed
> 
> so its saying "keyboard is man not allowed"
> 
> 
> they should just use english, because english is the default language of computing,
> and with eg Linux, all the command names are based on english eg 
> "ls" means "list sort",


The "modern" GUI is not meant to use any actual textual language, since that
would imply that only (fill in the language) literate people can use the
computer. Instead pictograms are used. This makes the computer usable by all
people, including illiterate persons (although how an illiterate person would
make use of a word-processor is not explained). And of course *everyone* has a
high resolution display, so a highly detailed image is used.

(Tongue *firmly* in cheek)

> 
> you are heading up a very steep mountain if you try to use computers with any language other than english.
> 
> with computer languages, equals means set the left side to equal the value on the right side, ie "set computer keyboard to a man in a circle"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >It should
> > have timed out if you did nothing and tried to run Ubuntu from the
> > DVD, but it seems that did not happen.
> 
> originally I eventually did hit keys, but it must have timed out
> 
> keyboard=man was still there, but nothing happened.
> 
> promptly pressing a key progressed me to selecting the language.
> 
> >
> > If it comes up with some options then first tell it to check the files
> > on the DVD (which will take some time), note that the menu is keyboard
> > driven not mouse. If it checks ok then select Try Ubuntu to make sure
> > it runs ok on your machine.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> Regards
> 
> anyway, promptly hitting a key has got me to the next stage.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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