On Nov 08, 10 17:11:49 +0100, Martin Schlander wrote:
Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> wrote:
create and distribute the world's most usable Linux Yes! +1. I like it! Quite ambitious!
That is exactly what was on the openSUSE wiki frontpage for years.
It was bad then, and it's even worse now, because "usable" is either just an empty phrase that can mean whatever anyone wants it to mean, or it means "Aunt Tillie distro" - which we have spent months establishing is a bad fit for openSUSE and doesn't reflect reality.
You are correct in that we need a sound definition, of what we understand by usable. (That definition is not part of the mission statement, but should be prepared too). I understand 'more usable' in terms of making it more efficient in a general sense. Not in the sense of simplification that would hinder complex work. I disagree with the conclusion that we should not strive for a usable system. To me, aunt Tillie's name conveys the idea of a disrespected end user. I wouldn't want to discriminate against any user group in the mission statement. cheers, JW- -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _=======.=======_ <V> | jw@suse.de back to ascii! __/ _---|____________\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 __/ (____/ /\ (/) | _____________________________/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) SuSE. Supporting Linux since 1992. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org