I've just read an article from a journalist of 01.net (
http://www.01net.com/article/215463.html ) that spend one week with the
Mandrake 9.1
The conclusion if mostly good.
pro :
- easy installation
- decent good hardware support
- good windows offices apps and multim�dia files compatibility
con :
- problems using USB digital camera/smart card under gnome. See as
storage device, icon on desktop but unable to use it or as to launch a
partition tool.
I think that in this case we should have a special wizard that deals
with this kind of things and will propose application to install,
provide tips for using it and finally list problems user may encounter.
- miss font form OpenOffice and system. In fact the journalist doesn't
use drakfont, couldn't figure that drakfont exist ( even worse ).
So the ability to import font in the system should be add to first time
wizard, but if first time wizard is run as user we have a problem. How
to show to the user where he could easily add his fonts.
In fact help should be redesign and provide a desktop user task oriented
layout with good color scheme/icons ( little bit like XP/OSX ) so that
when the user open it, he will se that he can : import windows fonts,
share his directory on his LAN, set a firewall, set internet connection
sharing, configure TV, configure scanner. A little bit like the wizard
you can see with Windows 2000 server, or a demo like with Windows Me/XP
( Flash demo ? )
It seems that most of the time windows user avoid to dig through the
menu or launch MCC and see what's available.
- ISP phone number forget ... I don't know if he use drakconnect or not
but this is annoying.
- Many things not obvious or not correctly explained in the help/doc.
