Comment by FooHentai
7 years ago
Hmm. I'm skeptical that those 'computer illiterate' people don't have a computer literate person providing them with support that's key to enabling that situation.
I've had Ubuntu running on a few cheap desktop machines for some years now used for light duties in a few living spaces. So far we're at 100% failure rate on version upgrades: Both LTR release upgrades have bricked both the machines.
When they switched the window manager on one of the recent ones, the UI simply died and the simplest resolution was to just re-install the OS from scratch.
Steady state, with apps installed and running and only doing basic patching via the GUI, Ubuntu is 'operable' by avg. Joe. But app installs and beyond are fraught with problems.
@FooHentai: “I've had Ubuntu running on a few cheap desktop machines for some years now used for light duties in a few living spaces. So far we're at 100% failure rate on version upgrades: Both LTR release upgrades have bricked both the machines.”
Bricked you say, I don't recognize that from my experience, as for 'light duties' it's a little more useful than that:
"Ubuntu Linux Demo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI-YIO0OKz0
"Using Play On Linux For Windows Games On Linux!)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YVCY0rnI90
Illiterates need support on Windows too, and the Genuis bar at the Apple store.