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Making Ubuntu even simpler for newbies

tectonic.co.za — After looking at most GNU/Linux distributions, author and self-confessed computer enthusiast Rickford Grant finally settled on Ubuntu Linux and wrote a book about it. Frederick Noronha spoke to him about Linux, Gnome, Ubuntu, Japan and staying on his bike.

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  • falkyr11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Making Ubuntu easier for newbies can't be done with a book. It needs to be done with better interface design, quality assurance, and an appreciation by the developers for the lowest common denominator user...which doesn't exist. Scornful arrogance (RTFM! FGI!, GIYD!) of the Linux pseudo-intelligentsia blocks newcomers from the field and keeps useful enhancements from being embraced.

    See the very funny article: www.tipsoftheweekonline.com/linuxsucks.html

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