Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (172 mails)

[Cornelius Schumacher <cschum@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 01 April 2009 05:06:06 Ricardo Cornet wrote:
> Minimalistic User Friendly Yast Interface/Plug&Play Background
> Facilities: A simple user interface common tasks oriented, Homer Simpson
> friendly user interface, with a background demon service that
> automatically runs when new hardware is connected so the install of
> modules and binary blobs is pretty much automatic and the common user is
> relieved from thinking too much. Linux distributions in general have
> suffered the stigma of "user unfriedliness". A perception that anything
> just requires too much time and pain to get to work that is not worth
> the trouble. The non-technical user need certain hand holding and
> emotional reassurance that things are going to work or a explicit
> explanation of why it does not work. Not some cryptic message
> /var/log/messages.
>  Also application sofware needed to work with the hardware should be
> installed if possible/needed. Well this is a less geeky idea, but a
> needed one as well as potentially controversial.

I like this idea. I have commented in the GSoC web app.

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Cornelius Schumacher <cschum@xxxxxxx>
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