ChrisKelley wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > I like the words test drive. > > Something that wouldn't scare me so much to "try" would be a menu like: > > Ubuntu > - Test Drive Ubuntu (without any change to your computer) > - Install Ubuntu > - [other options] > - [...] > > That's something I would try at my desk without fear of harming my > fragile windows setup. Seriously, people who are most likely to switch > to linux are those who are the most fearful of harming their windows > configuration. I can't wait to get our production PC off of winXP, but > we're working on it one step at a time. Messing with that computer is > almost a fire-able offense around here.
I support the suggestion that many who would like to use ubuntu and escape from windows are terrified of disturbing their windows configuration. Fear and insecurity is endemic with these windows users, particularly if they have data (or time) they do not want to loose. Allaying that fear is important for these users who may have a lot to loose. My own first steps to linux were on an old 'junk' machine, a low risk choice for me, and two things impressed me 1) that it installed so remarkably easily, I was genuinely shocked, 2) that because I had accepted all the defaults during install (blindly, as one does in a windows world), the junk windows 95 on the 'junk' hard drive had been carefully preserved as dual boot, when I had wanted and expected it to be totally wiped! (at that time it was not ubuntu). It gave me much confidence in linux that even 'junk' data would be cared for until I made a conscious decision. I know now that it was a little unrealistic when it later came to using su.... but as a raw beginner in a GUI installer, it impressed me with what a caring OS linux might be! For whatever reason I was totally hooked from then on. :-) -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- Boot-up option 'Start or install Ubuntu' scares new users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109064 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
