My first beta experience
Well it has finally happened… Ubuntu’s beta has shown a broken piece to me. I just received a cryptic message while I was updating. The message asked if I would like to update some obscure file with a new one being offered in the repository.
The problem with this is that the message did not tell me what the file does or what impact the changes may have. Obviously not every message can be accounted for but none the less it is extremely intimidating when an operating system asks questions like this.
As a user I am left to guess what I would like done. It is like high stakes gambling because if given the wrong answer there will certainly be some incredible catastrophe (this is just user thought). Even as I am writing this I am wondering what will happen when I reboot… will the system start again… will it work the same… or will my laptop catch on fire because some loop will start and not be able to stop.
These are the types of things that a regular user should never feel. Then again, a regular user shouldn’t play with betas