Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (328 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 23 December 2008 07:30:45 pm Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > Would we call all such boxed releases 11.1.1 and so on?
>
> Yep, perhaps.


It would take time for people to get used to idea of 11.1.1 and start using 
benefits, but that would help a lot everyone that want to install openSUSE on 
friends computer. 

Now, you install in 20-30 minutes and then run all updates. 
With basic broadband it can take some time after half year of bugfixes.  
After that, you can test that all important stuff actually work, and show new 
user perks that come in mind. This limits opportunities to present openSUSE 
to times when you and potential new user have some half day free. It would be 
much better to have pretty clean installation with few MB of updates, so that 
all doesn't take more then 1 hour. 

Combined with professionally printed DVD face and couple of stickers, all in 
paper pack something like AOL, it will make better impression. 

To me is much easier to present openSUSE as real goodie, when I bring DVD from 
box, or better a whole box with manual. People that know that I use something 
called Linux, usually have no idea what is that, and make assumptions about 
quality based on package. Home brewed stuff doesn't cut well in that case. 

BTW, this can be the answer how to organize development. 
One year cycle with release x.x.0 and then half year after x.x.1 with bugfixes 
as retail box, or simple DVD, with visit us on 
http://www.novell.com/products/opensuse/ 
printed on packaging, and browser that opens on that page, similar to Knoppix.  

-- 
Regards, Rajko
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