Ah sorry to spam after an already long e-mail but one other group I left out that I wanted in the list Gamers, but I believe this will only follow consumer demands like the hardware vendors, since only when there's an audience will a game development company put money into it.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Shaun Husain <shaun.hus...@gmail.com>wrote: > I believe the major issue is lack of consumer software available in the > Linux community. I'm not saying that I don't find tons of open source > projects and some of high quality, but there's nothing to compete with the > top of the line proprietary graphics and audio software available on > Windows and Mac. For a developer Linux makes the most sense, it's > lightweight and therefore fast and can run Eclipse and other full on IDEs > and generally there's a compiler available for every language and to target > many systems (VMs or Processors). So for a dev like myself it makes > perfect sense, however for someone I work with who strictly does creative > work, ever having to deal with the command line is probably too much to > ask. They have lots of work to do and if the software available doesn't > make their work as fast as it can be on a Windows or Mac OS machine then it > just can't sell. Believe me I'm all for Linux and FOSS and Ubuntu, but I > think for it to really happen the open source community needs to step up > the game with regard to media editing/creation software (ffmpeg is great > but explain it to a video editor, granted the video editing GUIs for Ubuntu > I've found are very fast, but just lack advanced features). > > As it stands today I think we have the following large groups of computer > users: > Developers | Love Linux, works great for them, all the tools you need > nothing you don't, fast, easy customization. > System Admins | Love Linux, works great for them, cheap solution good > performance good security history can run J2EE and other enterprise scale > application servers/containers. > General Public (mom & pop) | Are frightened of change, have been fed the > Windows bread all their professional lives. Linux can work for them and > well but they need some help to get started (e-mail, web-browsing all > great, UI is easy enough for these tasks, it's fast did I mention that). > Media/Content Creators | Tools are not up to par cannot really use Linux > on a Day to Day basis simply because the tools are not refined or in-depth > enough to match their Windows/Mac OS counter-parts. > > If a corporation like the one I work for was offered the opportunity to > have all of their employees work without licensing costs for OS upgrades > and knowing everyone is getting the best bang for their buck out of their > hardware, and would be supporting just 1 open source OS, I don't think > anyone would be complaining and this bug would dissolve quickly. I believe > LibreOffice/OpenOffice are good alternatives to MS Office and the e-mail > clients are fine, I think another major area that needs to be addressed by > the open source community is Exchange server. GMail has made some strides > in providing a replacement but it's not 100% in terms of group contact > management and other features that Exchange offers for businesses. So I > say we create the following and get this bug closed. > > Replacement for the following: > > Final Cut/Premiere > Pro Tools > Exchange/Outlook > Photoshop > Illustrator > > Here's the list I can come up with of possible replacements in Ubuntu, but > none seem totally up to par: > > Video editing > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/top5-linux-video-editing-system-software/ (I've > used KDen live not the others here, it was as I said above fast but not > feature full) > Audio editing Rezound or Audacity, Rezound seems to be dead with regard to > development, Audacity is okay but again not great UX/UI interactions and > not a ton of features. > In terms of Mail servers I believe they're just missing the calendar side > of exchange, and contact management/integration in Active Directory, though > perhaps there's an alternative for that I'm unaware of > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer I've also heard good things > about Citadel and Zimbra and had a brief stint playing with Zimbra but got > caught up in other work, some others talking about it here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1231456 > Photo Editing: GIMP, decent but hard learning curve, kind of slow to start > up and generally work-flow in PhotoShop seems to be smoother, although this > coming from someone who has used PhotoShop far more. > SVG editor: Inkscape, haven't used this one honestly just assuming from > what I've heard from those who have that it's not as easy to use as > Illustrator (granted the Adobe suite has been refined by paid engineers for > some time and is still a resource hog) > > I think hardware vendors will support Linux more once consumers demand it, > and not before. > > So yah currently that's my two cents. Please respond and tell me how > wrong I am and point me towards all the bad ass software I'm missing out on > :). > > > Thanks for reading if you got through that, > -Shaun > > PS I would love a Lenovo with Ubuntu pre-installed (and no Windows OEM fee > to boot). > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:32 AM, MDV <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > >> In Australia there is a bug in the education system where the only OS >> they seem to use is Windows XP or 7. At a Tafe open day I asked if their >> network supported Ubuntu, the guy pauses and says no. >> >> This bug is everywhere I look! >> >> The Australian DET will not allow any Linux distrobutions to connect to >> the internet, they allow Macs as well, but not a single Linux! >> >> To fix this bug: >> - There should be at least 1 Linux computer per Computer room. (The Win7 >> Computers are so restrictive it's not funny) >> - Preferably they should remove this propiatary bias and allow to learn >> about an OS that will allow them to learn about it. >> - Even more preferable, remove Microsofts greedy corporate grip off of >> everyone, and get rid of Windows! >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 >> >> Title: >> Microsoft has a majority market share >> >> Status in Club Distro: >> Confirmed >> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: >> Confirmed >> Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: >> New >> Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: >> Invalid >> Status in dylan.NET: >> Invalid >> Status in EasyPeasy Overview: >> Invalid >> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: >> Invalid >> Status in JAK LINUX: >> Invalid >> Status in LibreOffice: >> In Progress >> Status in The Linux Kernel: >> New >> Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: >> In Progress >> Status in The Linux OS Project: >> In Progress >> Status in The Metacity Window Manager: >> In Progress >> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: >> In Progress >> Status in Tabuntu: >> Invalid >> Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: >> Invalid >> Status in Tv-Player: >> Invalid >> Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: >> In Progress >> Status in Ubuntu: >> In Progress >> Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: >> In Progress >> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: >> Invalid >> Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: >> Invalid >> Status in Arch Linux: >> Confirmed >> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: >> Invalid >> Status in “linux” package in Debian: >> In Progress >> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: >> Confirmed >> Status in openSUSE: >> In Progress >> Status in Tilix Linux: >> New >> >> Bug description: >> Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. >> This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. >> >> Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, >> restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and >> limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full >> potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. >> >> Steps to repeat: >> >> 1. Visit a local PC store. >> >> What happens: >> 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software >> pre-installed. >> 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. >> >> What should happen: >> 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software >> like Ubuntu. >> 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features >> and benefits would be apparent and known by all. >> 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
