Jim Henderson wrote:
1. "Most popular" is a difficult metric. Some suggest that KDE is the most popular based on the older user survey, and that because the openFATE request mirrors this, that makes it a valid figure. However, I'm sure that not all users are aware of the openFATE request or the user survey (this is the first I'd heard of either of them, in fact). At best the survey and the request represent the opinions of the majority of people who know about them, which may or may not be a reasonable sampling of the user community at large.
2. However, that flexibility comes at a cost of complexity that can (not necessarily "is", but "can") be daunting to a new user. So if the argument is to make a choice for new users, shouldn't we look not at the use case for "the popular choice in the community" but rather "what suits a new user coming from Windows or another platform best"? We talk a lot about the success Ubuntu has had with a single desktop model (with GNOME as their choice) in attracting new users, so it seems that there is a consensus that new users benefit from using GNOME.
3. If we're interested in *growth*, then we have to look beyond the current user base and at who we wish to attract to using the distribution.
Jim
1. seems to me you are try really hard to invalidate the only useful figures we have on desktop choice..........? 2. no, the consensus is that Ubuntu has a reputation for ease of use, there is no consensus on how that reputation was received, and certainly no consensus agreeing that it is because of Gnome. 3. very much agreed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org