Hey,
I've been drawing out comics of the user stories [1] we discussed at FUDcon. I came up with one idea. I think downloading an ISO image for a lot of inexperienced users, especially if they are not using Fedora or another Linux, is going to be confusing. I don't think OS X and Windows know how to handle ISO files nor do they usually come with software that can handle them by default (correct me if I'm wrong!)
One idea I had, I don't know how possible it is but...
For each spin, where appropriate, could we offer:
- One Live USB stick download that includes the ISO *AND* the software appropriate for their OS bundled together to create the USB stick. Ideally it would be a binary they could click, would ask them to select their USB key from a list of mounted drives and would just do it.
Is this technically feasible?
~m
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Hackfest_summary#Example_users
Máirín Duffy wrote:
Hey,
I've been drawing out comics of the user stories [1] we discussed at FUDcon.
p.s., here's the comic: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Spins-userstories-joetheartist.png
I came up with one idea. I think downloading an ISO image for a lot of inexperienced users, especially if they are not using Fedora or another Linux, is going to be confusing. I don't think OS X and Windows know how to handle ISO files nor do they usually come with software that can handle them by default (correct me if I'm wrong!)
One idea I had, I don't know how possible it is but...
For each spin, where appropriate, could we offer:
- One Live USB stick download that includes the ISO *AND* the software
appropriate for their OS bundled together to create the USB stick. Ideally it would be a binary they could click, would ask them to select their USB key from a list of mounted drives and would just do it.
Is this technically feasible?
~m
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Hackfest_summary#Example_users
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