Casual users don't upgrade 2 times a year. A casual user might not even know that those things are called "windows" or that you can maximize them or that most application have settings where you can change the behavior you dislike.
Causal users just use the system how it is, I sometimes find them suffering trough a complicated workflow because they did not consider to even ask themselves "maybe this can be improved, maybe there is a setting to do this or a shortcut or some better way"
The latest version of the world’s most widely used Linux platform for Kubernetes, multi-cloud and machine learning.
Download Ubuntu 19.10 now"
And the problems begin -- he will have to upgrade twice a year.
The branding would have to be different for that not to happen. The LTS should not be called LTS but simply Ubuntu. All the versions between two LTS versions should be called like Ubuntu Developer Preview 19.10, and they should be offered easily on the site.
Then one could claim that the casual user wouldn't use the "Developer Preview" versions.
As it is for years, it's not so. Just explaining what the exact difference between LTS and "newest Ubuntu" and why they are still offered the "newest Ubuntu" on the web page would at best confuse or annoy the "causal user."
The casual user will "the newest" but "the newest that works" and that he "doesn't have to change." Not in the sense that nothing is updated but that the updates aren't invasive to him. And the "newest Ubuntu" versions are invasive -- the last time I've tried such, not even a GUI partition manager worked.
I was just being honest that there are still some unforseeable difficulties, as well as mistakes that I have made. I think any operating system can present challenges that are difficult for novice users. That's why we have user groups, tech support, and repair services.
simion314|6 years ago
Causal users just use the system how it is, I sometimes find them suffering trough a complicated workflow because they did not consider to even ask themselves "maybe this can be improved, maybe there is a setting to do this or a shortcut or some better way"
acqq|6 years ago
Casual user hears about Linux, and that Ubuntu is the most popular Linux, then goes to the site
https://ubuntu.com/
And reads: "Ubuntu 19.10 is here
The latest version of the world’s most widely used Linux platform for Kubernetes, multi-cloud and machine learning.
Download Ubuntu 19.10 now"
And the problems begin -- he will have to upgrade twice a year.
The branding would have to be different for that not to happen. The LTS should not be called LTS but simply Ubuntu. All the versions between two LTS versions should be called like Ubuntu Developer Preview 19.10, and they should be offered easily on the site.
Then one could claim that the casual user wouldn't use the "Developer Preview" versions.
As it is for years, it's not so. Just explaining what the exact difference between LTS and "newest Ubuntu" and why they are still offered the "newest Ubuntu" on the web page would at best confuse or annoy the "causal user."
The casual user will "the newest" but "the newest that works" and that he "doesn't have to change." Not in the sense that nothing is updated but that the updates aren't invasive to him. And the "newest Ubuntu" versions are invasive -- the last time I've tried such, not even a GUI partition manager worked.
pkulak|6 years ago
https://www.techradar.com/how-to/macos-1014-mojave-problems-...
yjftsjthsd-h|6 years ago
brylie|6 years ago