On 11/8/10 6:18 PM, Juergen Weigert wrote:
On Nov 08, 10 17:11:49 +0100, Martin Schlander wrote:
Andreas Jaeger
wrote: create and distribute the world's most usable Linux Yes! +1.
+1 While it might not be the most inclusive of everything we value in the distro. Its a perfect short phrase to add bullet points below. I've not commented on much of this, but have been following the discussion carefully...
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.
Agreed there as well. My non-geek wife is perfectly at ease with any of my desktops or laptops running openSUSE :) Even better she likes them better than my macbook :-)
cheers, JW-
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