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