Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

[Grigory Shipunov]

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On 05/02/13 10:19, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 02/05/2013 05:51 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 02:59 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> 
>>> , but since you started it: OpenSUSE is doing just fine doing
>>> exactly what I suggest (making people actually pick their 
>>> download). Their download button actually points to a selector,
>>> not directly to an ISO.
>> 
>> That would be the SUSE that along with Mandriva got completely
>> panned when Ubuntu showed up, then?
> 
> Is the situation Fedora is in essentially better? I feel no.
> 
> Reality is, when mentioning Fedora to Linux users, I am having 
> difficulties to not get laughed at. "Freaks'/nerds' distro",
> "Ubuntu is much easier", "Fedora lacks soooo much", "Way too
> unstable", "Way too short life-cycles" are the usual answers.
> 

Try to look from different point of view: This is true for newcomers.
Ubuntu is really easier for new users. Fedora is really unstable and
lacks some software for new users. Cinnamon(or selector instead of
direct link) won't fix it.

>> To the point where they've since been sold two times and have
>> never really recovered.
> Yes, primarily because they did not make enough money to satisfy
> their shareholders. Nevertheless, at least in Germany (SUSE had
> never played a major role outside of Germany), openSUSE seem to
> have a pretty stable and solid user base.
> 
> Ralf
> 
> 

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