Comments on: Why Ubuntu isn’t mainstream yet

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:11:55 +0000

Why do people want Linux to become mainstream anyway? It’s not like Linux Torvalds ever intended it to become a Windows replacement.

By: Linux – Never Again « Jaffer Haider

Linux – Never Again « Jaffer Haider — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:04:40 +0000

[...] have been no gain in productivity whatsoever. So until Linux really becomes super awesome, gets mainstream recognition and gives me a long list of compelling reasons to switch, I’m sticking with good old [...]

By: George

George — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:33:50 +0000

If Ubuntu could make a deal with some MMORPG Company so that it would run their game then Ubuntu would be in.

~George

By: Sceptic

Sceptic — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:33:56 +0000

It needs to be able to emulate all games which is Windows, because most people first use a computer when they are young in which games are ussually the deciding factor if they could play all games they want they would be more familiar with Linux and thus might have them stay with it (you can do everything on win even if it suck on win that you can do on Linux, but the other way around is the deciding factor of it’s succes)

By: Cohen

Cohen — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:38:12 +0000

Cohen

Educating yourself about computers and software programs represents

By: Paul Citro

Paul Citro — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:30:51 +0000

I teach basic computer literacy classes to the public. The average person needs to be able to use a computer today. It is a necessity.
New computer users are so innocent. They have NO IDEA of the complexities and problems that come with owning and using a personal computer. And I so very much hate “throwing them to wolves” of Microsoft and company. I would love to be able to recommend Ubuntu. I installed it on my own computer in a few minutes. But then it came to installing the printer, scanner and modem. All of a sudden I need to be an engineer. I’m working on it but I still haven’t figured it out. My poor students. I can’t hand this to them. God, I wish that I could.

By: Jaffer

Jaffer — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:49:19 +0000

That is true Alex, since one of the main hurdles for Ubuntu and Linux in general is that it is different from Windows. Like danny said, even if people like what they see in Ubuntu, they’ll still prefer to stick with Windows since they already know how to use it.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:57:13 +0000

Older people who have struggled to learn windows aren’t going to consider Ubuntu. Ubuntu in schools would be good, and Dell is making good steps with being pre-installed. (Very) Young people who are just getting into windows would find linux more … intuitive

By: Zexy

Zexy — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:37:40 +0000

Point #1 in the article has hit the nail squarely on the head. As long as the terminal remains the interface between the user and his computer, you will never make a noticeable dent in swaying “Windows” users over to Ubuntu, let alone linux. All the arguments that the terminal is “so much more powerful” doesn’t matter to Windows users. All they know is point & click and that’s all they want to know. Entering archaic typed commands is a foreign concept to most of them. Most would probably say “Huh? What’s that?” if you told them about DOS.

By: Federico

Federico — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:46:55 +0000

While I agree with most of your arguments, I also think that Ubuntu is already very user-friendly. Windows OSs have made average PC users really dumb. Now, if you want a Windows-like Linux, that’s perhaps OK for the marketing… but it will destroy one of Linux main advantages: that of educating people on how to perform simple computer operations, to know the hardware and the software, etc.

I am no geek at all, yet I’ve been using Debian and Slackware for years. That has been a luck!

Keep on the good posting!