On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:45:17PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > >Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >[...] I think in reality Debian doesn't cater to a lot of people's > >needs > > On the other hand, there must be a lot of people who would find Debian a > great solution if only they could get started. Amen Brother! > > >(The more common desktop user just wants Beryl and eye candy, whereas > >Debian really offers only stability), and there's really nothing we > >can do about it. > > This may be true for gamers and the like, but stabilty and security are > surely more important for a large number of home users who buy online, > bank online, use digital cameras, etc? > I disagree. Granted it *should* be that way, but I think people *want* the whizz-bang new stuff. It may not be what they need or should have, but it is what they want. Why else would people buy new cars every 2 years? Not because there is anything wrong with the old one except htat its not new. I know this goes counter to my argument in the parent thread that people using computers don't like change, but I think it follows. They want to stick with what they know until they can get the new whizz-bang thing and then they jump. Their needs are not a consideration in that. If they were many many people would still be using 486's with wp5.0 or something along those lines. [...]> > > > >The one thing I really don't understand, though, is why people use > >Ubuntu. > > I read in a Linux magazine that Ubuntu's popularity was mainly due to a > vibrant community. Well, if that is the case, Debian already has that - > it just doesn't yet have much of a focus on "complete newbies" or > "BDUs". I think that Douglas's ideas for "complete computer newbies" > could help to fill this gap. yup. A
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