Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (368 mails)

[Roger Luedecke <roger.luedecke@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 14:25 -0800, dh wrote: 
> On Sunday, January 08, 2012, oldcpu wrote:
> > I have similar experience wrt my 85+ year old mother. She has been using
> > openSUSE for 5 or 6 years now. Originally with a dual boot, she was 90%
> > Windows-XP and 10% openSUSE GNU/Linux. Now its the other way around, and
> > she is 90% openSUSE and 10% Windows-XP.  Like your wife, my mother is
> > definitely non-techy and I do the updates (remotely a continent away as
> > she is in Canada and I in Europe). I train her via vnc when I take over
> > her desktop and talk to her on Skype at the same time.  OpenSUSE with
> > KDE4 works well for her.
> >
> > She is currently still running openSUSE-11.3 with the 'stock' KDE4 and
> > will likely remain running that until September this year, when I may
> > visit Canada and update her PC to openSUSE-12.1's KDE.
> >
> > So I believe with the appropriate level of support, and an
> > attitude/willingness to accept support (which my my 85+ year old mother
> > has) then openSUSE can be used by beginners.
>
> -----------snip------------------
>
> I believe the original comment about beginners may have been a reference to 
> the "openSUSE Mission Statement."
>         http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Strategy#openSUSE_Mission_Statement
>
> To quote the paragraph "Target Users":
>         "The project caters to users who are interested in computers and 
> want
>         to get work done, experiment or learn. We offer a stable and 
> enjoyable
>         computing experience which does not limit freedom of choice; offering
>         sane defaults and easy configuration."
>
> I would note, this statement does not limit our community by turning away 
> new users, it only suggests that our target audience is one which is willing 
> to spend a little effort in learning how to use the tools effectively..
>
> As this thread has also discussed software which may not perform as hoped, I 
> would also call attention to the second sentence of that same quotation.
>
> I tried to find the original reference to new users in this thread, but the 
> thread has covered so much teritory that perhaps it is time to put it to bed 
> and allow each specific topic to start fresh.
>
> Also, apologies oldcpu, somehow my "reply to" button has gone back to its 
> default / incorrect behaviour and i responded directly to you :-( I'll look 
> into fixing that... 
>
> see ya
> dh
Agreed. This thread has addressed many things adequately, and much more
is likely to be bikeshedding. Hence my QA team thread.

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