On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 16:19 -0500, Casey Dahlin wrote:
Why put the users most likely to dislike us (low-computer-literacy
newbies using old computers) through such a hassle?
And here the Board's hard work comes into play. Reference, the current
state of the discussion on Fedora's target audience:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2009-October/msg003...
"We found four defining characteristics that we
believe best describe the Fedora distribution's target audience:
Someone who (1) is voluntarily switching to Linux, (2) is familiar
with computers, but is not necessarily a hacker or developer, (3) is
likely to collaborate in some fashion when something's wrong with
Fedora, and (4) wants to use Fedora for general productivity, either
using desktop applications or a Web browser."
as per that, 'low-computer-literacy newbies' are not the user group
towards which Fedora is primarily targeted, hence their needs should not
be a high priority in designing the download page.
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Adam Williamson
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