On 2017-04-19 04:56, Simon Lees wrote:
On 04/19/2017 11:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-04-19 00:26, Simon Lees wrote:
If its your first time using Linux ever, without spending 15 minutes googling how do you know which of KDE or Gnome is the right choice? This is where it is hard and where the installer needs to do better (for leap users anyway)
Well, it doesn't matter - any choice is /right/, there is no wrong choice, that's the main point :-)
Yes but just because thats technically correct, it doesn't mean that users will understand that the first time.
Well, it is better that they get exposed soon to the realities of Linux :-) There is no "wrong" desktop. Users have to decide on personal tastes: I like X because... And the reasons are wildly different. So they should try several desktops and choose one they like. We can not say "this desktop is bad for these technical reasons", because that's bad manners for the project, taking such sides. If they don't know which desktop to try, it really doesn't matter: either pick one automatically at random from the main ones, or tell the user to do just that. Either that, or the project has to take sides and propose one, namely the one that is default today. And that's what I do not want: the project taking a side. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)