http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045180
http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045180#c5
--- Comment #5 from Michal Filka
@Michal: FYI, Kent Wimmer is someone completely different :-) but anyway....
Oh sorry. But nice to see that you check his needinfos regularly
Here was my reasoning for the change:
1)"Workstation" in the label means little or nothing these days (how would you install a laptop???). The user does not learn about the package selection through this word...not anymore at least. My son thought "workstation" meant some kind of "big old computer", for instance :P
yeah, something like mainframe but with less power than today mobiles ;-)
2) This selection allows the user chooses KDE or Gnome or text-mode and get maybe 75% of what they want, package-wise.
3) It has the obligatory SUSE "Custom" (a creature often known as "expert mode"). Neither "role" nor "user interface" explain to the user what is behind door number 4 :P
yes it doesn't fit there much ...
We could possibly add wording somehow to explain that in addition to the interface modality and specific desktop choice there is a set of default packages included with each, based upon common use-cases of the given choice.
That was my point. I, as a user, would like to at least see a note that the UI is not the only difference. Stupid example would be that I want to build a server. Why not to install even KDE when it is the only difference and I have plenty space on it - it will help me with debugging issues. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.