* on the Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 05:19:45PM +0200, Fabian A. Scherschel was commenting: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Harish Pillay <hpillay@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > We already have an "app store". It's free in all senses of the word and > > its > > > name is yum. > > > > It is not about $0 or freedom. It is about the non-techie user seeing > > what they are seeing in the mobile devices with a marketplace/appstore. > > They don't see the equivalent of yum. > > > > My suggestion is to brand the Add/Remove Software menu item to something > > the models the meme that has gained traction. It helps with the > > conversation > > with those whom we are trying to encourage adopting Fedora. > > > > In that case, may I suggest we help improving the PackageKit GUI? Perhaps that's what is needed. The PackageKit GUI (convenient screenshots here: http://www.packagekit.org/pk-screenshots.html) does not have the same feel as a marketplace/appstore. It does not speak to the non-techie user. Consider: "Oh, you want an app that allows you to capture business card info?" "Ok, go to System->Administration->Add/Remove Software" conversation or would this: "Oh, you want an app that allows you to capture business card info?" "Ok, go to Fedora Mart and search for 'business card reader'" be better? > If you want an app store, just add DRM to it. Considering that there still is 22 minutes till the end of April 1 where I am, I shall let that pass :-). Harish
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