Dad Tries Out Ubuntu 14.10 (2014) With Mum Watching
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Can a total computer noob use Linux? Ubuntu is a popular distro for beginners however what happens when you throw a computer illiterate non-linux user into it. Check out this video to see the results!
Diana started off barely knowing how to use a computer but now after trying over 70 different operating systems she has become quite competent within a huge variety of desktop environments.
Ben on the other hand is even worse than Diana was when she first started. Each task even on his native Mac computer is a struggle for him.
Note that Ubuntu 14.10 isn't much of a change from the previous version however big changes are coming soon for Ubuntu with MIR display server replacing Xorg server and X Window display, the introduction of Unity 8 and the move to systemd
More info on Ubuntu here: en.wikipedia.or...
Tasks Given:
1. Log in
2. What time is it?
3. Display the date with the time
4. Write, save, open and delete a text document.
5. Browse the internet
6. Add a program to the dock
7. Calculate 54 x 5.
8. Change the Desktop background
9. Change the size of the dock
10. Draw a picture with a program from the Ubuntu Software Centre
11. Turn off the computer
The mother in this video uses Windows 8.0 (2012) as her main os however she has installed the classic shell due to her Metro Hate. Would you like to see her try out Linux, Mac, Windows or other operating systems through history such as FenOS (2014)? Then give your suggestions in the comments section. Give this video lots of likes, views, favorites and comments if you want my mum to try out other operating systems. I am open to any operating system suggestions you give especially if these videos go semi-viral (over 100,000 views). This channel is dedicated to me "introducing" people (mum, dad, me) to different operating systems they have never used before and leaving them to suffer in confusion struggling to do anything in an unknown computer environment... or see if these other operating systems are better than Microsoft Windows.
The father in this video uses Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite on an early 2009 macbook white 13 inch. He only uses his computer to read emails and watch youtube videos. He doesn't know the first thing about operating systems.
Your parents are very cool for participating in this.
Jason Y agreed they're really nice... compared to the dad you'll find if you look up PSYCHO DAD and click mcjuggernuggets's video
@@sheck4714 my dad beats me
@@TheBonusBlake Nice
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@@TheBonusBlake good
10:31 Mom: "[The trash] doesn't have much capacity. It's full after 1 document" :D
nacs same with Windows
I'am a software developer. I find these videos very useful interns of UI design.
+slr150 same here lol
I'm a software developer. I find these videos very useful in terms of UI design. You're welcome.
Same
"I'm a noob, and I'm proud of it!" LOL I DIED
same
linux for n00bs
"I'm a Noob, and I'm proud of it!"
Back in my day, I remember this channel without intros and them crazy so-called 'Green screens'. So this makes me a veteran OSFirstTimer subscriber
Anyway, I really like it though, keep up the excellent work! :D
Yeah me too...
I remember it well when the actual CONTENT was the main focus rather than all of the cutesy special effects. They add little to the overall experience and for the most part detract from the actual content. He'd be much better off dropping most of it. His earlier videos were considerably better productions IMNSHO.
Am I semi-veteran? I watched OSFirstTimer since the days it had an intro and no green screen? :\
I remember that moment when we complain about the greenscreen.
Ive been subbed for 1 or 2 years. My first ytp was an osfirsttimer ytp
Very down to earth, fun and authentic parents! Great that they support you in your endeavours. This is what parenting is all about: allowing your offspring to find and follow their passion; and you definitely are having fun doing what you do. Keep it up.
It is almost 4:30am, and I watched this to the end. I really enjoyed it very much. The spontaneous interactions among you guys were really pleasing and fun to watch. Mum has become a computer expert too. And your dad is not a noob in my standards.
Keep the good work going.
"You can slot it in anywhere you like." - Mum.
Top notch.
31:46
Happy to see parents are doing this for their son. And they are taking it seriously as they should. Great video and great testers. Keep it going!
I've gotta say, this is a brilliant channel idea. I'm stoked to see your future video's, but you'll eventually need to get some young children / elderly, as you'll run out of OS's to demo.
I'm looking forward to your future endeavors :]
well his life now is pretty great imo
hot.doc, you made me hungry
LOL
"I'm a noob and I'm proud of it" Hehe :D
It's nice to see your dad trying out OSs now since it's really new to him.
Can I just complement you on the editing that goes into these I can't imagine how long it takes you to fine tune the settings! Keep it up.
They can't put the word underneath the icon because there is no universal language everybody speaks. If it said "computer", any English speaking person could read it. But a Japanese speaking person couldn't because the word would be "コンピュウタア". So they have to use visual styles to indicate meaning because pictures are universally understood by all
6:40 Dad is right, a text label would be 'user-friendlier' than an icon. JM2C
I recommend watching the first 30 seconds of this while high and on mute.
15:40 "You can slide it in anywhere you want" -mum
This is a fun video! It's awesome that your folks are welcoming and willing try this. Nice to see Diana taking the lead! I'd love to see her host a OSFirstTimer video haha
Ubundooo? I dropped out of college because of this shit!
I couldn't install the internet. I need a laptop to go to college.
Ubuntu Software Center/Centre?
+Stefan Popov it is a joke because there was an h3h3 video where he reacted to a news report of a girl dropping out of college because she got Ubuntu on her Dell
You did a really good job on the episode, thanks.
Also i'd love to see your little sister try xp or microsoft bob. I believe that would be quite funny.
Hmmm... well, maybe a bit hard.
TheBlackiwid: Well I'm a kid and I share my account with my older bro and we're real technical, so yeah..
Umm you were making out kids don't know much about operating systems..... and Im basically saying that some kids know how to use several operating systems :L
MinecraftCiaranAndWHAT I knew how to use XP when I was around 3 or 4
TheBlackiwid Sorry I misunderstood and I would let children go on windows only if there was a filter (If you didn't know its something that blocks certain websites) So sorry for misunderstanding :L
This is such a warm family.
Lovely people
you need to make a new channel called OS Second Timer!!! Diana can look at all of the operating systems from her past
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We will see about it 👀
'Who's going to sneak in to your place and just install all this software for you and then run out again."
- "People with sick minds."
One of the nicest videos! Cute family!
Hahaha!
Your download speed must be about 2 Mbps for it to download that slowly
if you check his iPhone video, yeah I think it's about that fast.
2megabit is top shit here in Australia.
2 Mbps is pretty good. o_o
Amelia Hartman 2 MB per second is good, but not 2 Mbps. That equals about 250 kb/s.
***** Oh ok
Nice closing words from dad and all-round very interesting perspective on operating systems.
I really like seeing a noob trying these OS's out.
He really seemed to have a lot of fun with this OS, I use xubuntu myself, but it is great to see ubuntu is still going great. Your got a great Dad and Mum thats for sure.
And who would have ever thought that the term "I like simple things" would be used to sum up a linux OS.
Man, It's been a while since the last time you made a video relating to Linux. It's nice to see Linux again on this channel! :D
I decided to try Ubuntu after watching this video and three days later, I pretty much love it. What really kills the experience is the lack of programs and the lack for abstraction. For example, if we have a microwave and we hit a button on it to cook something, it just works right? That's how Windows is, you run a setup program to install a driver with out having to worry about what's actually going on. In Linux, I found this to not be true in some cases, where you have to basically type commands into the terminal to properly configure the drivers. While this may seem cool, geeky and safer in a way it is more dangerous for the general consumer attempting to do it because typing in the wrong command could render the OS useless as I found out myself installing certain drivers. Ubuntu is moving in the right direction with the software center but we need more abstraction in this OS, the user doesn't need to know the innards of the program to be able to make use of it, it should simply just work and the program with this is, there seems to be no standard and no portability at all across distros! What works on one system may not even work on another! The things I did like where the nice beautiful interface, big clear beautiful fonts and over all a friendly community but this OS still has a long way to go before it becomes mature enough that it's "more out there" I'm surprised that it isn't after all these years. Ubuntu used about 500mb of ram with steam running and browsing while Windows itself chews up 1.6 Gigabytes doing this or just 800mb while idle. However, I did notice that Windows is king when it comes to drivers and response time while Ubuntu was laggy (possibly because I configured it improperly) My final verdict is, while it does look more beautiful, I couldn't use it as my main OS. I am familiar with programming in the WinAPI for the last several years and using Linux made me feel like a complete novice. It shouldn't take someone several hours, trial and error or several OS re-installs to properly install proprietary drivers ... I didn't give up on it completely tho, so I emptied one of my back up drives and installed Ubuntu on it, this way should Windows become unstable, I can at least still have Linux as a back up to get simple things done thanks to a very small foot print. Linux was able to read/write into my backup NTFS partitioned drive I use for Windows. However, the Linux installation doesn't show up at all under Windows because Windows can't read the ext4 partition.
You just type in drivers, click on "additional drivers" (or proprietary drivers) and install the drivers there. People must be misguiding you by telling you to use the terminal. You use that graphical tool.
I do think the terminal on Linux is way easier than Windows's command prompt, though, I mean you can go "sudo apt-get install firefox" and BAM!!! Firefox. :D
you can on the Windows Powershell ha ha lol
Rafael Santana I didn't explain very well. You click on the Dash, then search for the additional drivers tool, I didn't mean the terminal/command prompt, sorry.
It's alright bud, I have been using Linux ever seen and have become better at it! I am currently running LInux Mint 17.1 'Rebecca' RC - 32bit version and loving it. I prefer that over Ubuntu/Unity !
Rafael Santana 32 bit? Why? Is your computer an older one? I like Ubuntu better, but Mint is great as well. :)
Just found your channel today. Quite amusing how you had schooled your mum in the other videos, but even better how she's schooling your dad, haha.
Your videos are brilliant, fun and well done. Really intuitive for people deciding on an OS.
this is amazing! I think canonical should watch this.
Awesome paintings from your dad there by the way.
you tripped me out for a sec, when you opened firefox in windows.. the taskbar was perfect resolution that i swore for a second you were opening firefox on my computer. :)
This is an awesome idea, parents trying linux distros. I just love it, congratulations. Cheers from Brazil!
Hence proved Ubuntu is "User Friendly", and with a bit of common sense every other regular user would find it simple, easy, and logical enough to use.
Very tolerant parents, you've got there :)
I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAD AN UBUNTU 14 DVD OMG THANKS FOR MAKING TJIS YT VID IDK HOW IT LOOKED.
This is really great. Most Ubuntu demo videos are not suitable for a first time user, this one does because it shows it's possible to find stuff, and it does so quite slowly (others just take you through all the features in 60 seconds, or worse - detail all technical stuff in 50 minutes...:). It is also a great lesson for me as a UX expert, when we plan software we take a lot of things for granted, and a noob may not understand. Are Ubuntu users most likely to use a spreadsheet ? etc. Btw, the save icon is a well known dilemma, especially in cases where you have different save options. Cool editing and funny stuff there as well. Nice one.
Was waiting for them trying out Ubuntu 14.10!
Jack Hallissey Made a typo, ment 14.10
Ubuntu is the best for the beginner for the universal ALT search alone. I have given it to my grandparents and they haven't had any problems with it in the seven months they have had it.
Awesome concept for a video. All Linux OS developers looking to gain mainstream acceptance should watch this. Trying to help my parents use Windows can be tough. Things that you'd assume are intuitive are clearly not for some people. After a ransomwear attack I seriously considered getting them to switch to Linux, maybe Mint, but it's still not quite at the level where you can set it and forget it. I remember my first year or two on Linux, pulling my hair out trying to get a printer to work, or trying to figure out a damn tarball - it was infuriating. First impressions are make or break for most people, so this honest first time appraisal of the system is really revealing. Also props to your parents for going along with this. Be patient with them, remember, they spent months teaching you how to s#¡±. In the future, I'd like to see them try out Elementary OS given its focus on simplicity.
I give you props. I would NOT be able to sit here and teach someone how to use anything computer related. I wouldn't have the patience.
Okay let me just start this comment of by saying that i love this youtube channel and that i like the improvements you guys have made to the channel.
However what i am seeing is that now you guys are just taking a look at operating systems you have already looked at and just let you father trying them out. I mean, the channel has lost it's point. It was about testing operating systems and recording a reaction from your mother. Now it's just the same operating systems with just dad. No offense to your father it's just that don't think he should be doing the same thing as your mother. Maybe give him other tasks and completely different operating systems.
Would like to see this comment being discussed in a comment show if you guys are planning to do those video's again.
-Jochem Hagenaars
He's technically doing different OSes, like his mother didn't do Ubuntu 14.10, for example. But yeah, it'll be nice if the mom did more OSes again, and if the Dad did different OSes. But I think they're running out of OSes, since they reviewed so many. Gotta review 'em all! XD
OSFirstTimer is about a first timer trying an OS. Nothing changed but the first timer, since the first first timer ran out of new stuff to try.
Cees Timmerman There's still new stuff to try, it's just that he wanted his dad to join. My only issue with OSFirsttimer is the cheesy green screen. And not as much episodes.
RoundDuckMan
At 0:12 he says Diana already tried lots of Ubuntu, so will not be doing this ep.
The green screen tolerance is a little low, but overall there's more, clear, OS footage.
Cees Timmerman There is new stuff, but Diana is far more easier around OSes now that she tried so much out. Ben however is very illiterate around PCs, so it freshes things up a bit IMO. Those that don't enjoy Ben trying OSes, just don't watch those episodes, as they still do episodes with Diana.
Actually, it does have a completely new default desktop background. Go into the system's settings and select the first one that appears. It says default.
"You can do a lot more with Ubuntu than you can with Windows."
The whole reason I use Ubuntu. It just love the flexability, and well, it's Linux. Opensource, you can find almost anything free and within minutes. Great video and I would love to do something similar with my mom or grandparents.
+scoutchorton You can do a LOOOOOT more with Windows then you can with Linux. You can find everything for free on Windows. The only thing you can do on Linux that you can't do on Windows is edit the code of the os itself, which I'm not even sure why you'd even want to do that since Windows is so customize able as it is. You can barely download any games on Linux. Like seriously, there is like barely any games playable on it. I mean, I guess Linux is free so there's that. But why would you even want to buy a new OS in the first place, pretty much all computers come with either Windows or Mac, unless your computer is custom made. And if you did custom make you're computer it's most likely for gaming, and again Linux is horrible for gaming. I can sorta understand putting up an argument over Mac vs Windows, but Linux really doesn't stand a chance against either of them.
Your Dad's expression at stuff is exactly how I feel dealing with a new version of Windows. "Hey, this OS works real good and people know how to use it and find things, let's change it all and move everything around!" - Windows engineers ;)
Your parents are hilarious! Pleasantly amusing video. (y)
+strangersound ??? I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 and pretty much immediately knew how to do everything. Windows 8 was a little harder, but I figured it out within 5 minutes with google. They really don't change that much.
Ben's suggestions are valuable. I mean OS developers should look into how the UI can be made as user friendly as possible for everyone. It would be logical for anyone new to look into Time and Date to change date settings rather than Clock. Even an experienced user would do that for a second then quickly switch to the next tab available. Also with the Save word under the icon in Writer, what's wrong with that? At least the most common icons could have that so that new users don't have travel navigating. This is good feedback to even expand the user base and make it usable for everyone.
great video!. Love the way you move around your mom and dad around the interface
No one:
Ben: "Whenever I see an 'A' I think of an Atomic bomb."
Ello
that is such a lovely video ... i liked the fact that you included your parents ... great work :)
odt is open document text, libreoffice can read doc (and docx) which is for microsoft office, doc is the older microsoft office format and docx is the newer format, libreoffice can read and write to these files but it will default odt
Ben did great job with this OS.
Stop giving him a hard time about the date
He doesn't know, he will figure it out
4:09 In real life, Ubuntu is even more confusing. Here, dad minimizes a window. "Where has it gone?". Son gives a huge hint : one of the icons in the task bar has something different from the others... => One laugh, and the problem is solved. It took me several *days* to notice the tiny triangles next to the running programs. One thing I like in windows is that the task bar is actually a task bar of current tasks : shows what tasks are running now. It's not a catalog of what you may or may not want to do or buy. So I was completely lost on Ubuntu, even though I used many other OS's. On Windows if the taskbar isn't informative enough, you go to the task manager, with ctrl-alt-del (or other shortcuts). My Ubuntu was in french, and in both french and english, my keywords to look for a "task manager" equivalent returned nothing (it's "system monitor"). Windows 8 got a lot of hate for deleting the start menu. Ubuntu is really asking for hate. My keywords today in youtube : "Ubuntu FAIL"
18:05 Dad : "I don't like it, it's A for Atom bomb!"
If you don't already know, Ubuntu and other Linux distros have "Desktop Environments" which are all different. The one in the video is called "Unity" (completely different from Unity3D engine).
Overall, the Unity Desktop Environment get a lot of hate and criticism from Ubuntu users themselves :b
If you want Ubuntu to look like Windows, I'd suggest installing the Cinnamon Desktop Environment, since it actually has a "taskbar" as one would call it. (Although you'd still have to use "system monitor" as a replacement for task manager)
As for the little triangles next to the programs in the Unity DE, I'd bet you'd totally notice them faster if you were a Mac user
The age old says that "If it's Linux, you can do whatever the heck you want with it"
DUDE love the consept! AMaziiiing keep doing them =)
Poor dad :P You two are much more experienced and you're sort of ganging up on him xD
Dad really pinned down one of th le many flaws of LibreOffice to more common office suites like Microsoft Office 2013. LibreOffice is so nineties or even eighties with all its non descript button bars
son: Ubuntu Touch, what do you think that is?
dad joke: I'd rather not say 😏
I love that flower
There is already a presentation program named Presentations. It was original created by SSI (Software Systems International) which became WordPerfect Corp now owned by Corel Corp. It dates back to DrawPerfect and was first released as WordPerfect Presentations for Dos in 1993. So LibreOffice could not use that name for it's version as Presentations is a Trademarked name.
...people with sick minds!
Hahah I love your family! Thank you so much for these videos, this is such a great idea. I subbed :D Greetings from Montenegro!
Great video. Congrats to Dad on some great work.
Last comment was 2 months ago
AM I THE ONLY PERSON LEFT?
- I'm a noob and I'm proud of it!
hahahahahaha
50 years from now people, after watching this video, will have a different view of prehistoric human civilizations.
Ubuntu is known for storing nuclear weapons in shopping bags.
That's why they made Ubuntu in the first place. Misdirection
The FineBros will soon either sue you or buy your channel. Man.. those are people REACTING to SOMETHING ..
XD
Its not funny anymore.
they said sorry forget about it already
That joke has gotten old now.
its a old comment .-.
I enjoyed this video very much!!! Your dad did a great job.
dad is pure legend!
keep doing...
next LXLE distro!
Yay,
We've now finally have found another Dad Tries Out video! :)
We all agree that Ben is very computer illiterate but Ubuntu has most certainly helped him with computing and using the computer.
After watching this video I feel like switching to Ubuntu and scrapping my experience with Windows 8.1
I really think Ubuntu should be more popular!
What do you think about Ubuntu and this video?
he really cracks me up!
Hold on before you try to install Ubuntu. Is your PC pre installed with Windows 8 or 8.1? Or is it an older OS? It's because starting with preinstalled Windows 8 PCs, the BIOS is replaced by UEFI. It makes Linux installation harder and longer (because you know how Microsoft is), so I recommend searching up the steps to do it with preinstalled Windows 8 and 8.1 PCs so you don't go nuts at Linux.
RoundDuckMan
No, no,
I'm not installing Ubuntu on my computer!
TheYellowPolarBear I'm sorry that Microsoft does these stupid things, try searching on ebay or Amazon for a Windows 7 PC so you can install Ubuntu on it, or search on those same sites to find a computer with Ubuntu 14.04 (not 12.04) preinstalled. Hopefully that helps. :)
Dad Tries Out Linux with training wheels 14.10 (2014) With Mum Watching
Thanks for the video. I enjoy watching New people testing Linux, and your dad seemed to like it. You've got pretty cool parents by the way. Are either of your parent using a Linux Distro full time?
Awsome video, really enjoined. I'm longtime Linux-user, but I did learn new things from this video.
Thanks you
if you hold alt then click on a program that's open you can drag it around no matter where you click
OSFirstTimer --
File extension: ODT
File type: OpenDocument (Ver 2) Text Document.
Actually, I think your parents are so nice and patient. I don't think my parents would love to allow me to teach them to use a new OS. Thanks for the video. It's fun.
I enjoyed watching this video. You're a good kid and liked seeing your parents involved in your life. By the way, how did you superimpose your parent's image on the screen like that? Was that done with a green screen in the background?
Actually, Ubuntu has a setting for title bar size in the "Screen Display" section of the settings application.
I've changed from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 14.10 LTS.
It's really good.
Recommended for users who have changed from Windows or Mac OS.
I Think Phillip Should Quiz Diana On Operating Systems About What She's Learnt About Operating Systems etc. What Was The Command To Open Windows 3.1?
“So people don’t have to get used to new things all the time”, said the woman... while talking about Unity.
That was the funniest part of the video.
19:23 "People with *sick* minds" LMAO x'D this video is the best!!
the .odt file type stands for OpenDocumentText, it is used in LibreOffice and OpenOffice
The best "Dad tries out..." video.
Linux was created in 1990s. Think of it. In a very small amount of time, (31 years), Linux has came from an OS with nothing but a black screen and it's users have to remember very commands to do even simple tasks, to an os with a window manager and desktop environment, ad thoushads of people are contributing on it like volunteers, and with thousands of versions to pick and choose from. (You can evern create your own distro). Quite a large amount of achievement for 31 years.
Mum is actually better at this! Cute parents, though. I like how they go about trying things!
Another great vid mate
Dude this video is funny as hell, you putting your parents in random places
She talks about consistency at 11:00. Canonical should listen bc the GNOME 3 still completly different, and for people who don't know.... Unity was clear. GNOME Shell isn't.
Unity got an undeserved death. It had a bright future
I like how it's a super simple os but the video is 36 minutes long because he never uses computers
Dad tries out Mum while Son watches.
These videos are great keep up the great work!
Great video! Philip!
Keep it up.
I feel for you man, that's a terrible network connection.
That annoying kid does have really cooperative parents! For sure! Respect!
Last word said in the video: "Linux."
Hi Guys, I'm a 51yo and I'm a new using Ubuntu and I like it very much and for the same reason you explained on your video "it's much easier to learn on how to use it correctly no much hassle. I still miss a few windows Microsoft features but is getting easy and I can tell that I can use something similar from Ubuntu software's and partners and all for free.Thanks for your funny and instructive video with simple instructions for people like us... now I'm more comfortable navigating the internet using Ubuntu 14.04 or so. Eddie (Albury NSW Australia)