My goal is not to judge the installation process beyond the hardware detection cababilities after the system is up and running. What follows is a list of tasks I would suspect a general user would want to do with their computer and see how difficult it is with Ubuntu:
1) Connect to the internet and set up an email account: First I will be doing this through my Lan of course. I will be using my speakeasy account for pop3 access.
2) I will try hooking up my printer to it. I plan on using both the Laserjet I have and the Cannon I no longer use.
3) I will create a text document in the office product and print it out.
4) I will connect my camer to it and see if I can get pictures directly off the camera, not using a flash reader.
5) Pull in and edit the pictures
6) Connect my usb scanner to the system and see if it is detected. If it is, I will scan a picture or document.
7) I will put in an audio cd and try to play it. Maybe I will then try to rip a track.
I will use synaptic to install a few programs, probably games and do general searches on applictions categories.9) I will shutdown the machine and install a winmodem and see how that goes. If I can set it up I will use my speakeasy dialup account to check the email I set up earlier.
10) I will try out my external modem and repeat the process for 9.
Any other ideas you can think of that a general user would want to do?
