On Friday 31 of July 2009, jdd (kim2) wrote:
Andreas Jaeger a écrit :
Can we find a better solution than we currently have without giving out this message? Or is this no great alternative?
Yes, we should find one.
The real question is : what are the real difference between kde, gnome and xfce (and server or minimal install). If we could summarize this, we could add a sentence in front of the choice and let the user decide.
However, I think this is easy...
I'm afraid it is not. Let's see.
but for kde/gnome (for me). Let's try:
* KDE: the richer desktop, most loaded with options and wigdgets, preferably used on high end computers, more Windows 7 like.
* Gnome: rich desktop, many options, great look, but lighter than Kde and so able to run on less powerfull computers. Still very Windows like and comfortable
This doesn't really tell much in practice. Either the user knows the difference and then this isn't useful, or the user doesn't know, and then this is not something to decide based on information in one installation page. If they user doesn't know, all they really want to know is usually only "so which one should I use?", and there the easier way is to preselect something.
* xfce: very pretty desktop aimed to less powerfull, low RAM, computers, gorgious on the past years computers
This doesn't tell the user that only a small minority of openSUSE users know Xfce and the consequences (not many people being able to help with problems, etc.). It just supports what I wrote above. -- Lubos Lunak KDE developer -------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. e-mail: l.lunak@suse.cz , l.lunak@kde.org Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 084 672 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org