On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:56:47 +0930, Simon Lees wrote:
I don't see how clicking a box makes installation harder - accepting the disk config is a much more demanding choice for new users. (One could argue, snarkily, that putting a new user in front of KDE is making things harder on a new user, but I won't :P )
If its your first time using Linux ever, without spending 15 minutes googling how do you know which of KDE or Gnome is the right choice? This is where it is hard and where the installer needs to do better (for leap users anyway)
You ask in a forum. In my experience in the forums (and in the group on Facebook), that's how most users coming into a Linux distro find out that they should probably try multiple desktops and decide for themselves - or they'll have a friend who's pushed them to try Linux, and their friend's choice will be the place they start. The situation where someone just decides "I'll try Linux," downloads a distro and runs the installer is incredibly rare. Not having a default might just push people in that already rare edge case to ask the question and get some guidance instead of plowing ahead and making an uninformed decision that they may later regret. They may find KDE too complex (because of it's much-vaunted configurability) or GNOME too simple (because of it's oft-criticized lack of configurability). They may find that neither runs on their underpowered video card, and XFCE might have been a better choice, but they didn't know better - and so on. At the end of the day, I don't particularly care about the decision here. I do think Tomas' suggestion makes sense, and I agree with Richard's assessment - for what that's worth. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org