Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (328 mails)

[Clayton <smaug42@xxxxxxxxx>]

> As a test, why not add a release to the 11.0 series after 11.3 called
> "11 Boxed!" and market it as a test of openSUSE  LTS.
> If it generates a lot of attention then we could start an independent
> release schedule for the Boxed version and include longterm package
> availability as a bonus.

[snip]

> There are ,without a doubt two distinct user types, to date we have been
> turning a blind eye to the needs of 'Joe Plumber" who wants to install
> the OS \ configure e-mail\ add gnucash\ add music tools\ bookmark
> wholesale plumbing parts Web 2.0 sales pages \ bookmark his banks web
> page and be able to Google the occasional  "how to" on some new gadget.
> He doesn't want to reinstall \ update\ learn to be a bleeding edge
> software specialist.

You're on to something.  This is EXACTLY the people who are coming to
me and asking about Linux.  Once it's installed, and working, they
aren't even remotely interested in tinkering like we are (those of us
participating on Project, Factory, Users etc).  They don't care if
they have the bleeding edge versions, and aren't even interested that
there is a new version of anything.  This user type is totally
ignored... even by Ubuntu.. the "everyman's/woman's Linux" as some
people call it.

A box set aimed directly at this target market is something pretty
much every non-computer geek I help out with Linux is actually looking
for when they come to me looking for alternatives to Vista.  They want
something they can install easily (from purchased disks), and then
forget about updating to the latest bleeding edge versions.

C.
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