On Saturday 19 June 2010 13:34:03 Per Jessen wrote:
The recognition of cultural and economic diversity will influence how we create and distribute openSUSE: ... Your ideas are not bad, they're not just about cultural diversity. I'd
Rajko M. wrote: ... like to discuss them, but this isn't the right thread.
The list was created with some Asian and African countries in mind where we have to address both ** cultural and economic ** diversity. I jumped on practical questions without explaining background. ==Default desktops are heavy for older hardware== LXDE inclusion is partially addressing economic issues, giving light and supported desktop. ==Artwork judgment can be a problem== We can label "don't like" something that is too colorful for our taste and some other people can find our too simple, not exciting enough. There is a big difference in perception what is modest, or tasteful, in various cultures. There is also implicit discrimination when we give comments on another distro artwork. In particular commenting on Ubuntu selection of colors, or associating such colors with some ugly items, is indirect discrimination against people that would like that colors in openSUSE. ==Expressing ideas in a written form== Is also subject that can lead to unintentional discrimination. We are used to language difficulties, but that is not only difference between people. Majority on northern hemisphere doesn't like too many exclamation marks and some new users can get disgruntled comments about them, without dong anything wrong for their local environment. Listing and addressing such issues is priority if we want to have the same appeal to different world regions. -- Regards Rajko, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org