Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

[Orcan Ogetbil]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>
> You're a new Linux user, you go to our download page, and instead of a
> simple big green Download button, it starts asking you questions about
> what 'desktop environment' you want?
>

As I said earlier in this thread, and as the Fedora Board ratified
(link given in my previous post), this is not the type of the user
base we are targeting. There is a perfect distro for such users, and
its called Ubuntu.

>  What the hell is this crap?

<rant>
I really don't enjoy supporting users who are unable to read 10 lines
of documentation. "What the hell this crap" is to be explained there
concisely so that they will be able to make a more informed decision
and increase their productivity.

> Getting this right was one of the simple things Ubuntu did that helped
> its initial surge in popularity over other distros at the time, BTW.
> They didn't make you pass a test to download the product.

Promoting laziness is a dangerous path.
</rant>

Best,
Orcan