On Mon, 2013-02-04 at 20:14 -0500, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>
> You're a new Linux user, you go to our download page, and instead of a
> simple big green Download button, it starts asking you questions about
> what 'desktop environment' you want?
>
As I said earlier in this thread, and as the Fedora Board ratified
(link given in my previous post), this is not the type of the user
base we are targeting. There is a perfect distro for such users, and
its called Ubuntu.
Sorry, but I don't agree with your interpretation of the Board's list:
- Voluntary Linux consumer
- Computer-friendly
- Likely collaborator
- General productivity user
Which of those screams 'will clearly be familiar with the concepts of
'desktop environment', 'KDE', and 'GNOME' to you?
'Voluntary Linux consumer' doesn't mean they *already know about Linux*,
just that they have chosen to go out and try Fedora of their own accord.
So far as I can see, the classic 'been using Windows and poking around
for a while, read a news article about this Linux thing, wants to try it
out' person meets those requirements just fine. This person does not
know what a 'KDE' is.
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