On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Kevin Kofler<kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Niels Haase wrote: >> GNOME & KDE - official support from fedora (first class citizen) >> XFCE - spin only (second class citizen) >> LXDE - remix only (third class citizen) > > It's actually worse than that: > GNOME - presented on the main download page (first class citizen) > KDE - hidden behind a pointless extra link (second class citizen) > XFCE - hidden on spins.fedoraproject.org (third class citizen) > LXDE - hidden in some fedorapeople.org directory (fourth class citizen) > What's next? A spin or remix for which you have to personally phone an > ambassador for an inquiry and send a self-addressed stamped envelope to > obtain it on one of those self-destructing CDs? ;-) > > This is starting to feel like a hierarchical and very undemocratic society. +-----------------------------------------------+ | [*] Fedora Live, featuring the GNOME Desktop | +-----------------------------------------------+ | [] Fedora Live KDE Edition | | [] Fedora Live XFCE Edition | | [] Fedora Live LXDE Edition | +-----------------------------------------------+ | [] Fedora Installation DVD | +------------(System Architectures)-------------+ | [*] x86 | | [] x86_64 | | [] PPC | | [] PPC64 | +-----------------------------------------------+ | (Download) | +-----------------------------------------------+ Would this make everybody happy? - The default Desktop is at the top and selected by default. - It is visiable that it includes GNOME for people who are looking for a specific Desktop - Other DEs are listed in at the default Download page rather than hidden behind links - The Arch can be selected at the download page - Maybe we can make the "System Architectures" section expandable and collapsed by default to not clutter the interface with to many options - Not sure about PPC (its moving to a secondary arch in F13) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
