On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Julian Aloofi <julian.fedoralists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Montag, den 27.04.2009, 18:45 +0200 schrieb Roberto Ragusa: > But I think that someone who uses a linux based OS for the first time > will not know what choice to make (I remember how I didn't know, back > when I first used linux). Add a randomize button... and I'm completely serious about that. Or at the very least, add a "choose for me option" > And GNOME is certainly not the wrong desktop > for new users. It's stable, simple and the system-config apps look > native. I actually consider the system-config apps not looking native a plus, but ok. > Of course KDE (and everything else) is good too, but at the moment it's > (in my opinion, KDE 4.2 brought great improvements but it still crashes > from time to time) not stable enough (that will change). I'm not sure that KDE crashes, only one app I use crashes regular... saying KDE crashes is being extremely vague at best. > Other desktops like XFCE are great too, but why should we choose them > over GNOME? Well... I think the point is to _not_ choose. > Users who know about the different desktops will make their choice > anyway, So let them choose between equally placed desktops. > even if they don't have their own LiveCD (I'm thinking of LXDE > and e17). I don't think new users can't learn about all the desktops > when they install Fedora, but I hardly think they want. All desktops are > pretty well supported (in terms of updates and integration). > > What I think would be best is keeping the GNOME Live-CD as default At least call it what it is, the Gnome live cd, there is nothing special about to to make it default. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
