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Usability Testing Hardy Heron With a Girlfriend

Posted by kdawson on from the sleeping-on-the-couch-tonight dept.

toomin writes "Reviews of the latest Ubuntu version, 8.04 Hardy Heron, are everywhere, but most of them are undertaken by geeks familiar with Linux. This guy sits his girlfriend down at a brand-new Ubuntu installation and asks her to perform some basic tasks. Some of them are surprisingly easy, others frustrate and annoy. There are lots of little usability tweaks he stumbles upon just by seeing the desktop experience from the point of view of the mainstream user."

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  1. I call Shenanigans!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Linux geek with a girlfriend?? Yeah right!

    1. Re:I call Shenanigans!! by cloakable · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not even Microsoft does usability testing - look at Vista!

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  2. He does what with his girlfriend ? by BattleCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Something is surely wrong, when instead of fscking her right proper he sits her down with Ubuntu...

    1. Re:He does what with his girlfriend ? by tgd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Woh, I swear I thought you said fscking her right pooper and I wondered what kind of girl this is that has a right and left pooper.

    2. Re:He does what with his girlfriend ? by Wiseman1024 · · Score: 5, Funny

      While task number 14 would be to try backports. I'd love backporting her to the current version of my hardy hardon.

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  3. Girlfriend? by angryfirelord · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is slashdot! I don't have a girlfriend, you insensitive clod!

    1. Re:Girlfriend? by grm_wnr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Open synaptic and install girlfriend (or just apt-get girlfriend like a true geek). Beware of the dependencies though.

    2. Re:Girlfriend? by hedleyroos · · Score: 5, Funny

      Real geeks compile their girlfriends from source.

    3. Re:Girlfriend? by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's sudo apt-get girlfriend. It typically requires full access and control of your system.

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  4. ports... by Anoraknid+the+Sartor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where do I get this "with a girlfriend" release? .. of course with my luck, the "girlfriend" will be the openbsd version, and ship with all ports closed by default.

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  5. Re:Smart move by ray-auch · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Again, there is no logical reason why this hasn't been implemented before.

    The word "girlfriend" should be a clue...

  6. Re:Interesting by bmorency · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free IT support when I'm available at home Your wife wants to switch to linux because she will get free support from you? Did you charge her when she was using windows? :-)