2009/1/16 Andreas Jaeger aj@suse.de:
On Thursday 15 January 2009 19:41:50 Birger Kollstrand wrote:
- Portability/Laptop/Nettbooks and so on
- Connectivity of devices
- Support for syncronizing devices
- Home server setup, mediaserver, DNLA, UpnP, file , print and so on.
I think our problem is that we want to reach all of these at the same time. ;) openSUSE is a desktop distribution with server functionality that can be used by developers. In practice the primary focus is on desktop but we distribute packages for the rest as well.
Actually I find the server part the best. And that part is really good from my point of view. The desktop I find to much focused on the latest KDE version or the latest Gnome version. To do everything at the same time is not possible with high quality. Choices must be made just as the choice to drop KDE 3.5 down the line is sensible.
openSUSE has different needs:
- we use it as basis for our enterprise server and desktop products
- we want to grow the openSUSE community
openSUSE is used by the community nowadays in all the different scenarios you mention above - and you'll surely find one vocal user for each of them. ;)
:-) as always.
Should we focus the distribution more?
Yes. I think it`s always a good idea to build brick by brick. Choose a strategy for focus areas per release.
And what do to with the other use cases?
Plan them for future attention and loving :-)
Thanks for responding Andreas!
cu