website mockups, what is fedora?

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Aug 21 14:37:30 UTC 2009


Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 08/21/2009 10:04 AM, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Then, look at the new website mockups.
>>
>> (perceived) Answer: Fedora is the fedora-desktop spin
> 
> Well, I think the point here is that for the new, uninformed user, we
> need to present them with a single default choice.
> 
> Forcing them to choose between:
> GNOME, KDE, Games, LXCE, EDU, Electronics, Security

One can still offer options, but have a choice pre-selected by default, 
akin to how some other distros are doing.

But let's not get muddled in details.

Let me be brutally honest:  withholding choice and options here and/or 
diminishing kde's visibility *will* disenfranchise a lot of people. 
We'll lose out PR-wise big time, especially in light of opensuse's 
recent work that is largely perceived as doing right by the community.

Is that a price the board is willing to pay?

-- Rex




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