[ubuntu-uk] fit for the purpose

[alan c]

Tony Travis wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>>> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of Ubuntu
>>> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
>>> the server application is well covered and taken care of and my concern
>>> is with the desktop user, of which I am one. 
>>>[...]
>>>
>>> Norman
>> 
>> I concur with your view, and sympathise, counting myself fortunate 
>> that so far - as far as I know, I have not had similar problems, 
>> though I do have an important machine with a scanner - via usb - 
>> rarely used, I will need to check it. When I have time.
>> [...]
> 
> Hello, Norman and Alan.
> 
> Have you ever upgraded Windows?
> 
> Or MacOS?
> 
> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
> 
> However, I use 6.06.1 LTS for all the reasons you mention :-)

Personally I can handle it, and I agree absolutely about windows (not 
used Mac)  - for me windows was something I could never trust and 
caused a lot of worry. That why I use Linux. Linux added 10 years to 
my life!

However my point was that since I am in the voluntary 'business' of 
active advocacy, I am aware that if novices install (Ubuntu) and then 
need support, they will not get it yet from a Friend or Family Member 
(FOFM) as they currently do using windows - except me! and my skill is 
spread pretty thin.

So I can see myself possibly holding back and not encouraging some of 
my contacts into Ubuntu, because from what I know (about them) they 
will have no support. (FOFM).

My expectation is that this will change with time, soon I hope.
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