I agree you've got to make it easy for people to find and install software.
It's the same for all OS users though. I know enough Apple and Windows users that have never installed any software on their machines whatsoever.
My brother called last week asking how he could share some digital photos with someone, he had over 100MB worth of photos. I suggested he needed to resize them and possibly archive them. He was absolutely clueless.
People just want to be able to do something with the least bit of fuss. The goal surely is to make it easier for people to carry out said somethings.
Package management could and should be better than it is. I don't believe that an app store is the answer to these issues. I've yet to try an app store that I like (haven't tried Apple's.) Normally it's tricky trying to look for software, and find solid recommendations.
Ubuntu's software center offers me little extra. I still resort to Synaptic!
If you can't install software easily, then you better offer a good set of defaults.
It's the same for all OS users though. I know enough Apple and Windows users that have never installed any software on their machines whatsoever.
My brother called last week asking how he could share some digital photos with someone, he had over 100MB worth of photos. I suggested he needed to resize them and possibly archive them. He was absolutely clueless.
People just want to be able to do something with the least bit of fuss. The goal surely is to make it easier for people to carry out said somethings.
Package management could and should be better than it is. I don't believe that an app store is the answer to these issues. I've yet to try an app store that I like (haven't tried Apple's.) Normally it's tricky trying to look for software, and find solid recommendations.
Ubuntu's software center offers me little extra. I still resort to Synaptic!
If you can't install software easily, then you better offer a good set of defaults.