[Fedora-spins] Expanding the branding and marketing of spins?

[Luya Tshimbalanga]

On 07/10/2014 10:00 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> We don't do a great job of marketing spins at the moment - a naive user
> has to click "Download" and then do something other than click the large
> obvious "Download now!" button. Clicking "Desktops" gives a list of
> desktops with no real information about what they are - users have to
> click through to the spins site. Non-desktop spins are hidden under a
> tab marked "spins", which is Fedora-specific terminology. Even once you
> get to spins.fedoraproject.org, every spin is forced into a format that
> gives little opportunity to differentiate. There's no integration with
> upstream branding.
>
> The board is considering whether the current situation meets the needs
> of the spins. Do people feel that they would benefit from the
> opportunity to have a stronger individual identity for their spin, with
> its own website and branding (still obviously tied to Fedora, but
> potentially also tied to upstream)? Or is the feeling that the current
> situation is acceptable?
>
Design Suite is very close to Fedora Desktop (based on gnome shell) but 
aimed to be like Adobe Creative Suite using latest  computer arts 
applications with very minimal configuration.
I will explore the suggestion but am content with the available tools. 
Spins will need some refresh in order to make it professional for a much 
broader audience.


Luya Tshimbalanga
Fedora Design Team