Ubuntu Causes Girl To Drop Out of College

[Carlos Schiffermann]

Ubuntu Causes Girl To Drop Out of College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qj8p-PEwbI

I just found this video about a college girl who had ubunto on her
computer, instead of switching for Windows, she calls the local news...
Funniest video ive seen in a while.

[Compu]

saw that a while ago, the stupid is real

[Skeezix LaRocca]

On 02/06/2016 11:19 AM, Carlos Schiffermann wrote:

Tell her I'll give her $400.00 for it, then she can go to Walfarts and
buy a Win.10 machine loaded with crapware.

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[Whiskers]

Maybe she just isn't college material.

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[Vic RR Garcia]

The question is:
Being so STUPID, how she got her HS diploma ???
How she got accepted in a College ???
How she earned $1100 to buy a business laptop for home use ???

Then, it hit me, she probably worked all her life on 'her knees'.

[JEDIDIAH]

On 2016-02-06, Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com> wrote:
> On 2016-02-06, Carlos Schiffermann <car...@whydoIneedthis.com> wrote:
>> Ubuntu Causes Girl To Drop Out of College
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qj8p-PEwbI
>>
>> I just found this video about a college girl who had ubunto on her
>> computer, instead of switching for Windows, she calls the local
>> news... Funniest video ive seen in a while.
>
> Maybe she just isn't college material.
>

Too true. If you can't deal with the least little bit of beaurocracy, you
will never get through school. There's always some nonsense to deal with. It
doesn't matter if it's student loans or the scheduling system or something
else your institution has decided to do extraordinarily badly.

[Vic RR Garcia]

On 02/08/16 09:02, Bud Frede wrote:

> Vic RR Garcia <VicG...@at-gmail.dot.com> writes:
>
>> On 02/06/16 11:19, Carlos Schiffermann wrote:
>>> Ubuntu Causes Girl To Drop Out of College
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qj8p-PEwbI
>>>
>>> I just found this video about a college girl who had ubunto on her
>>> computer, instead of switching for Windows, she calls the local news...
>>> Funniest video ive seen in a while.
>>
>> The question is:
>> Being so STUPID, how she got her HS diploma ???
>> How she got accepted in a College ???
>> How she earned $1100 to buy a business laptop for home use ???
>

> She didn't seem to be stupid to me. Somehow it wasn't made clear to her
> that this computer would have Ubuntu and not Windows. I don't know if
> that was her fault, or if Dell's description of the laptop was
> misleading.

It was HER fault, Dell warn you several times, and gives you the option
to change OS, she stuck with Linux, even not having idea of what it was.

>
> I don't know what exactly went on when she called Dell, or when she
> later tried to get setup with Verizon and her school. It sounds to me
> like Dell could have done a better job of taking care of her.

Since she did not know the difference between her elbow and her rear
end, NOBODY can help her.
Trying to run a Win Setup program in Linux, and then complaining about
it not working .....

> The anchors at the TV station could have done a better job as well. I
> don't think it was very well-reported.

They about as clueless as her.

>> Then, it hit me, she probably worked all her life on 'her knees'.
>

> There was no call to say that. That's a nasty, misogynistic
> remark. You're coming across as a real pendejo.

No as much as you do.
You try to be PC, and came as a total 'Ass-hole' talking about something
way over your mental capacity.

[Whiskers]

On 2016-02-08, Vic RR Garcia <VicG...@at-gmail.dot.com> wrote:
> On 02/08/16 09:02, Bud Frede wrote:
>> Vic RR Garcia <VicG...@at-gmail.dot.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 02/06/16 11:19, Carlos Schiffermann wrote:
>>>> Ubuntu Causes Girl To Drop Out of College
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qj8p-PEwbI
>>>>
>>>> I just found this video about a college girl who had ubunto on her
>>>> computer, instead of switching for Windows, she calls the local news...
>>>> Funniest video ive seen in a while.
>>>
>>> The question is:
>>> Being so STUPID, how she got her HS diploma ???
>>> How she got accepted in a College ???
>>> How she earned $1100 to buy a business laptop for home use ???
>>
>> She didn't seem to be stupid to me. Somehow it wasn't made clear to her
>> that this computer would have Ubuntu and not Windows. I don't know if
>> that was her fault, or if Dell's description of the laptop was
>> misleading.
>
> It was HER fault, Dell warn you several times, and gives you the option
> to change OS, she stuck with Linux, even not having idea of what it was.

Given enough ignorance it may be that her idea of what it was, was
limited to 'cheaper'. She may have believed that all computers run
Windows and that Ubuntu is just another sort of Windows (like Windows XP
or Windows Vista or Windows 10; Windows Ubuntu - just another version).

If Dell offer pre-installed Ubuntu they must be prepared to provide at
least as much user support for it as they do for the other operating
systems they pre-install. So a phone call from the customer should have
triggered a sensible response (such as instructions for getting on line
without using a Windows installation CD and what programs to use for web
browsing, email, etc). Somehow that didn't happen.

>> I don't know what exactly went on when she called Dell, or when she
>> later tried to get setup with Verizon and her school. It sounds to me
>> like Dell could have done a better job of taking care of her.
>
> Since she did not know the difference between her elbow and her rear
> end, NOBODY can help her.
> Trying to run a Win Setup program in Linux, and then complaining about
> it not working .....
>
>> The anchors at the TV station could have done a better job as well. I
>> don't think it was very well-reported.
>
> They about as clueless as her.

I thought they showed some understanding of the fact that Ubuntu has
nothing to do with Windows and won't run software distributed for
Windows. They also pointed out that her ISP were able to offer help to
get her on line using Linux, and that the college said that all their
services were accessible using Linux, so the puzzle really has to be why
the woman couldn't sort all that out for herself with one or two phone
calls.

>>> Then, it hit me, she probably worked all her life on 'her knees'.
>>
>> There was no call to say that. That's a nasty, misogynistic
>> remark. You're coming across as a real pendejo.
>
> No as much as you do.
> You try to be PC, and came as a total 'Ass-hole' talking about something
> way over your mental capacity.

How or why she sought publicity is the real question. Profit springs to
mind but she may be disappointed if that was her motive.

At least Dell's offering of something that isn't Windows has been given
some publicity.

[Dirk T. Verbeek]

Op 08-02-16 om 19:02 schreef Whiskers:

> She may have believed that all computers run
> Windows and that Ubuntu is just another sort of Windows (like Windows XP
> or Windows Vista or Windows 10; Windows Ubuntu - just another version).

You expect too much, many, probably most people don't even know about or
are interested in the concept of an OS.
Or that a computer needs such to run other(?) programs.

What a curious and needlessly complicating idea that OS and program
should be compatible.

[Chris Elvidge]

Uploaded on Jan 15, 2009

Don't you think we could let this go by now?


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[Mark Warner]

Someone should track her down and see how things have gone since her
life was ruined by Ubuntu.

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Registered Linux User #415318
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[John Carter]

Carlos Schiffermann <car...@whydoIneedthis.com> wrote in
news:1gue8pt6a3a8d.i5ptt2ewqkzr$.d...@40tude.net:

I've read some of the posts here and it seems that the members of this
group need to consider that this woman does not live, eat, sleep
computers. She wants to use a computer as an appliance- she cares not
about all the constant Linux-Windows user wars - she just wants to have
a tool to use in her coursework.

There are more people out there who have not heard of Linux and its
variants than there are Linux users, so give her a break. Sometimes I
wonder if there are people who do nothing with a computer but
continually install/uninstall operating systems just for the thrill of
it never or nearly never do anything else with their computer and
that's OK if that's what you want to do. But don't call those others
ignorant if they just want to turn on their computer, write a document
or work a spreadsheet, or surf the Internet and don't care what OS is
being used. Eeryone has an area of interestthat they are passionate
about, and not all are comoputer types.

As far as her experience with Dell, it seems she ended up talkiing to
one of those computer nerds who prefers Ubuntu over Windows, and really
didn't try to understand her concerns. A question or two would have
told him/her this was a person who should be using windows.


That's my opinion, so if it's diffrent from yours, don't start name
calling and that other crap - just delete it without comment and have a
nice day.

BTW - I am a computer nerd, have been since 1964. I've done systems
programming and real-time programming as a manufacturer representative
so I know the fascination of coputers.

[Daniel47]

I don't know what the difference might be between iOS and Android mobile
'phones OS's, but would a person that owned an Android 'phone really
expect an iOS program to run on their Android 'Phone?? And Vice Versa,
of course??

Daniel

[Dirk T. Verbeek]

Op 04-04-16 om 14:03 schreef Daniel47:

Many just look at the name and when it with function description looks
the same it must be the same.

For example, I run Firefox on Linux, Android and if it has to be on Windows.

[Daniel47]

When you have to/want to update FF on your Android, do you have to do it
or does your Android system just apply the update for you?? Is there any
possibility that someone might try to apply the iOS FF update??

Daniel

[Dirk T. Verbeek]

Op 05-04-16 om 12:53 schreef Daniel47:

>>
>> For example, I run Firefox on Linux, Android and if it has to be on
>> Windows.
>
> When you have to/want to update FF on your Android, do you have to do it
> or does your Android system just apply the update for you?? Is there any
> possibility that someone might try to apply the iOS FF update??
>
> Daniel

I know I get the Android version from the Google Play repository, the
Linux version from the Ubuntu repository and the Windows version from
the Mozilla site.

But how many (Windows) users would not hesitate to download from any
site and thus be liable to get an adulterated version?

Reports tell us 'side loading' is one of the main sources of malware on
Android, i.e. people downloading an app from some untrusted site.
Luckily the last is harder in iOS.

[Daniel47]

O.K, Ta!!

Daniel