christer.homeip.net— A tutorial on how to setup parental control, multimedia support and Acrobat Reader with Firefox support on your Ubuntu Breezy, Dapper, or Edgy.
Nov 25, 2006View in Crawl 4
Here are two things that tend to baffle the new user to Ubuntu. Don't laugh, because this is serious stuff that can be frustrating. Having a clear user interface and instructions is the difference between a good or bad experience:1. During installation, the graphic display for making a partition asks the user how much disk space they want to free up for the installation. The average person believes that means it will be the size of the partition they're creating to install Ubuntu. That is their first mistake because it does just the opposite. If they "free up" 30% of their hard disk, they end up with 70% of the disk for Ubuntu and the 30% for their current installation of Windows, since that is quite typical. The Windows user trying Ubuntu.2. Everyone and every tutorial says, "Just type 'sudo apt-get install *'" or, "Just type this or that." Or, they are told to edit a .lib file, but the file can't be found using file search and no one ever tells when where to find the file. The problem is that nowhere (and I mean NOWHERE) does anyone tell you WHERE to type these commands.These may seem silly, but they are not. They are the first steps on the road to frustration for people who are not stupid, but are unable to find truly clear documentation that is logically written.
Closed AccountNov 25, 2006
> it's install is more straight forward & user-friendly than Windows XPI have to disagree here. Software installation is Ubuntu's achilles' heel.
mikewhite314Nov 25, 2006
Hmm...I switched to Ubuntu and I haven't started working out...
fullbackNov 25, 2006
Here are two things that tend to baffle the new user to Ubuntu. Don't laugh, because this is serious stuff that can be frustrating. Having a clear user interface and instructions is the difference between a good or bad experience:1. During installation, the graphic display for making a partition asks the user how much disk space they want to free up for the installation. The average person believes that means it will be the size of the partition they're creating to install Ubuntu. That is their first mistake because it does just the opposite. If they "free up" 30% of their hard disk, they end up with 70% of the disk for Ubuntu and the 30% for their current installation of Windows, since that is quite typical. The Windows user trying Ubuntu.2. Everyone and every tutorial says, "Just type 'sudo apt-get install *'" or, "Just type this or that." Or, they are told to edit a .lib file, but the file can't be found using file search and no one ever tells when where to find the file. The problem is that nowhere (and I mean NOWHERE) does anyone tell you WHERE to type these commands.These may seem silly, but they are not. They are the first steps on the road to frustration for people who are not stupid, but are unable to find truly clear documentation that is logically written.