On 11/22/2013 07:54 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 11/22/2013 04:29 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
This is a VERY good point which I had overlooked, the hardware
requirements of GNOME are much higher that XFCE (and I believe MATE) and
represent choice which is very likely to frustrate potential converts.
That's especially true if you consider that many people are installing
Linux on older computers, especially laptops, so as to get some more
use out of computers that aren't up to running the latest versions of
Windows. If they don't know about the various DEs and/or spins, they
may just look at the requirements for Fedora with Gnome, see that they
don't have the hardware to run it properly and give up.
Maybe what we need is a "beginner's spin" that gives you a choice of
DE, but grays out any choices that your system can't handle. It would
probably have to be based on the full DVD installation, but with a
specially modified version of Anaconda that checks your CPU, RAM,
video and so on, to make sure that it offers you the correct choices.
Hmmmm....now this sounds like a good idea....but what would be
considered "beginner" level?.....inability to install a distro?.....no
skills at the CLI?.....ignorance of the different DE's?....LOL!
EGO II
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