2009/7/26 Nelson Chan <khcha.n.el@xxxxxxxxx>: > i've just read > http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_to_make_linux_application_installation_idiot_proof > he got a pretty good idea, see the 2nd last paragraph: > """ > I may know that Amarok, Banshee, Rhythmbox, and Songbird are all noteworthy > Linux music players, but come on! Does anyone beside another Linux expert > know that? Letting users choose a program by say clicking on "music player" > and then picking one makes all the sense in the world. > """ Free (part of the Fedora philosophy) means as well that *I* can choose what application i want. The example is a bad one since we already did choose a default player for every DE on every spin. > The idea is that newbies are likely have no idea what amarok,rhythmbox are, > so does other applications Totem, abiword, Brasero..etc. what they know > are the general type of the software --- Music player, movie player, office > suite, CD/DVD burner... Works with player, office and other keywords. And there are groups who lists apps, like "Multimedia", "Office" and others. > Also i tried to search for "music player" in Add/Remove Software, > interestingly, it gives extremely odd and pointless result..(try that > yourself) > So i can see why newbies are pull their hair off and *CAN"T GET THINGS > DONE*, and claim *fedora sucks* > See this fact, i think that we should classify some applications under their > type. > For instance, have Rhythmbox, amarok ..etc under "Music Player" The above mentioned group "Multimedia" is just for that. Having groups for every combination of keywords might be a bit overload. But thats just my 2Cent. -- LG Thomas Dubium sapientiae initium -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
