On Monday 04 February 2008 04:35:31 pm Kevin Dupuy wrote: ...........<snip a whole bunch>...........
What I would like to see is a return to the good boxed sets. Here's what I would like to see: a good design for the boxed edition, I like the lizard and all but I've got four boxes that all look exactly alike, with a giant lizard on a white background. I would be hoping for something closer to the look of 9.x or even 8.x boxed editions. I know Novell would probable want to use their own designers, but maybe they could open up to the community for some ideas. Then I'd like to see the openSUSE 11.0 system, it can be in a jeweled case with 2 DVDs like 10.3, but on the system, perhaps openSUSE could make a deal with the guys at Fluendo and include some legal codecs in the system, and DVD playback? That way, there is value added for the consumer, since they would be getting good extra software. Then a strong Start-Up guide, with info on installing, using the system, including incorporating the KDE and GNOME user guides into the book. And then some sort of "shameless plug" openSUSE branded stuff. Perhaps a window decal or a system badge? Just something cheap thrown into the box to give the user a feeling of openSUSE's brand.
And how about all of the potential new users out there. They walk into the store and see it on the shelf. They're ticked off at Windows and they say hmmmm......I've heard a little about this. I think I will try this. Otherwise they would have no idea where to go or what to do to download and install SuSE, or if it was even possible for them. In my case I was running some real old version of Red Hat, getting frustrated trying it out but while I was still usinng Windows 95. I walked into a Comp USA and saw SuSE 6. something or 7.0 maybe?, on the shelf. Bought it. Read all of the nice manuals, blew Red Hat away, installed it and never looked back. The manuals sat right there on the desktop next to the monitor until I found this list. Bought every boxed set afterwards up to 10.2 when there was no advantage to buying the boxed set and downloaded 10.2 and 10.3 to install them. But now I know what I am doing ??? There is no way a Joe Average brand new user can download and install SuSE without help from somebody already using it. I think of myself in those days. Nobody to help me with absolutely no technical computer training whatsoever. There are a lot of people out there like that. I venture to say there are very few people like me on this list.You all come from computer backgrounds. To those potential users, like I was, Windows kinda-sort-of works and they are afraid to try it. A lot of trouble and commitment for them to do it. I was lucky, I had the boxed set to start me out. The boxed set needs to be brought back for those potential new users. Makes it a lot easier for them. Hmmmm....Maybe SLED in a box? Unless Novell really doesn't want them. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org