Thread: The end of the Nokia Smart phone dream
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anthonie is offline anthonie
2010-09-14 , 14:54
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#49
Originally Posted by jonin60seconds View Post
Yeah good points. And no I haven't used Linux in it's purest form. I have an uBuntu machine and use Firefox but thats as close as it gets! Maybe these are good examples to my point: Anyone can use an uBuntu machine and Firefox is very popular, especially amongst people who probably don't even know what Linux is. So Maemo should provide the seemless user experience for all level of users regardless of their Linux knowledge.
There is a reason for Ubuntu' s popularity: The fact that it is so easy to use and install. However, that is the exception to the rule, not the other way around. I run Ubuntu as one of my three OS's, the other two being Gentoo and WinXP. Whenever friends or family have made up their mind and want to switch to a Linux flavor, I will install Ubuntu for them. Easy to install, easy to use and it's user interface is quite nice. I would never install Gentoo on someone's machine, as it is way too time-consuming to maintain and get those users to learn to maintain the machine. Maemo and Ubuntu are not comparable, in my opinion, in terms of being ready for end users out of the box.

Neither would I advice any non-techy to buy an n900.