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> On 29/09/09 16:25, Ivan Serra wrote:
>> Hi Ana
>> thanks for your message
>> I respect your opinion my apologies for my email I thought it was a good
>> idea
>> Regards
>> Ivan
>>
>> Ana Guerrero ha scritto:
>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 03:05:59PM +0200, Ivan Serra wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ana
>>>> thanks for your email why are you speechless?
>>>> I'm just talking about that here:
>>>>
>>>>
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1278096
>>>>
>>>> my apologies for my english
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let's see if you understand it with a little example:
>>>
>>> Imagine instead of being married and living with your wife, you live
>>> with your
>>> brother. And he does not like ubuntu and you want him to use it. Would
>>> you have made brubuntu - the awesome distro for the bro's? No, you
>>> would have try to find out why your brother does not like ubuntu,
>>> what he is missing from his former OS and see how to fix it:
>>> - if he wants cool wallpapers you teach him how to change it
>>> - if he wants an app to do X, you look for an equivalent app and ask
>>> it to get
>>> packaged in your distro.
>>> - and also, you teach him how to use the new system...
>>> Why you do not do the same with your wife?
>>> Do you see where you mistake is?
>>>
>>> Further reading to understand the root of this problem and how to help to
>>> fix it:
>>>
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/
>>>
>>>
>>> Ana
>
> Try not to take the criticism too personally. I agree with the others,
> but I think it could maybe turn out into an interesting idea if lots of
> women get involved e.g, maybe some of the default themes in Ubuntu don't
> appeal to women, and this project could make a remix of Ubuntu with
> default themes that appeal to women. Maybe men wouldn't accept some of
> these themes in Ubuntu.