On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 01:07:05PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Alex G.S.
<alxgrtnstrngl(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Making Fedora recognisable doesn't (necessarily) mean having a distinct
>> visual identity, a different one from GNOME.
>
>
> Then make a compromise and have a Fedora desktop spin dedicated to "pure
> GNOME". Fedora Workstation would benefit from taking an approach that aligns
> it with the Windows 10 and macOS desktop experience. It would still be a
> GNOME based desktop just the "Workstation Shell" would follow a different
> metaphor. This wouldn't be any different from what Elementary, Solus and
> Endless Mobile have done for their own respective use-cases.
I am not convinced the Fedora project has a sufficient contributor
base to make essentially two Gnome-based spins at the quality either
would like to have. It would be diluting the limited resources we
already have around testing and integration.
Agreed. This branch of discussion is going afield of the specific
question of Fedora brand recognition IMHO.
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