Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Sep 2005 11:05 UTC
"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10. The Preview Release includes both Install CDs and bootable Live CDs for three architectures." Download it here. Simultaniously, Kubuntu Breezy Preview has also been released. Download it here.
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RE[4]: New Distro forums reflect on difficulties with lin
by on Sun 11th Sep 2005 22:32
in reply to "RE[3]: New Distro forums reflect on difficulties with lin"
Member since:Average joe has trouble setting his VCR clock.
Hey... I have trouble setting my VCR clock (and playing CDs using the PS2's interface for that matter). Linux hasn't been as complex as the average VCR/TV-attached gadget since RedHat 5.x. Have you seen the "TV menu" of a modern HDTV? I literally had to go through an "install wizard" to plug in a DVD player!
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2005-07-07
"from average joe's view point and you will see they can at least install and get running windows "
Not true.
Average Joe does not know where his Windows Install disk is, never mind what to do with it. Average joe has trouble setting his VCR clock.
Working in home-user tech-support, I often am faced with the dilema of whether to talk a user through install on the phone, or ask them to bring the box into the shop.
90% are brought in - either with or without an attempt over the phone.
"the point here is why same problems repeat from distro-to-distro...
If someone is building home without roof.....someone without water facility...someone without.....doors"
These are different problems.
If the problems do not seem to be distro-specific, maybe they are problems in the kernel. Or in the GNU-tools.
Mayhap the users themselves are getting beyond their depth and run to the vendor (distributor) for support on any topic, whether distro-specific or not.
I certainly used the Slackware forums to find out what my XFree86.conf settings should be. And got the answers I needed.