Drop start.fedoraproject.org in favour of about:home

[matt palsson]

 I second this motion.  start.fedoraproject.org is somewhat bland looking and generally useless.  There are a few
 fun posts to read, and obviously Fedora-related announcements, but in general the page is lacking IMHO and
 might put a damper on the Fedora experience for new users.  It -definitely- doesn't function very well as a search
 engine, especially with drop-down arrows that say stuff like "Free to use, share, or modify commercially".  WTF?

 Maybe we can be provided with a link in our favorites/bookmarks to this page, but start somewhere else?  Like 
 http://fedoraproject.org/  which is much nicer on the eyes, and has more interesting links and information for new
 users.

 Just my two cents.  I might have already put it in, but here it is again.
 

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 From: Elad Alfassa <elad at fedoraproject.org>
To: Fedora Websites Team <websites at lists.fedoraproject.org>; Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop <desktop at lists.fedoraproject.org> 
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 7:21 AM
Subject: Drop start.fedoraproject.org in favour of about:home
 

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start.fedoraproject.org has many problems [0], mainly:
1) it's ugly
2) it doesn't serve a clear function
3) It's one of the first things people trying Fedora will see, so it'll effect their opinion about Fedora.

I suggest we just drop this page completely and use the default firefox about:home start page instead.
Thoughts?

[0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Start.fpo_redesign
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