OK, let's say the "main" ones in contrib. I think you see my point anyway.Wow ! I think you misunderstood : I wrote "main" applications, most
important in every categories, not every one application in main and
contrib. A presentation of Xine, mplayer in multimedia, etc... I never
wrote "all applications in contrib".
A lot of the useful ones are in contrib, many of the "main" ones are
installed by default.
Good point. But some newbies don't even know the existence of rpmdrake. It is not pushed forward by Mandrakesoft, this is what I criticise. Look at the questions on Mandrakeclub forum... 80% have been answered before. I even got a file with the most frequently answers that I use to copy/paste ! :)
Firstly, had the users tried to soearch for the software in rpmdrake??
Because they think the software does not exist. Because after installing the 3CDs, they don't know they need to add the contrib repository to get full power... It is what I want to put in a tutorial.
Sure this is useful (although I thought rpmdrake was pretty easy to use?). Did you have to see a tutorial to use Windows "Add/Remove Software"? Why do new linux users just not use the software??
As I said I am not a jurist and I don't think I am able to discuss this point. I just want to point out the weirdness of some trials and verdicts (DeCSS, Mobilix, and so on...)
There's a link to google isn't there? How difficult is it to find DMCA-offending material with google? Maybe we shouldn't link to any search engines in the default bookmarks? For instance:
http://www.google.com/search?q=play%20dvd%20on%20linux (look at the first few entries)
Wait, maybe we shouldn't install a web browser? But then people might still come to know of this software by email, let's remove the email clients too ...
I am sure a disclaimer would be sufficient when running urpmi.setup.
I don't think that creating a graphical tour of rpmdrake, like in trylinuxsd.com needs a large marketing budget. Some HTML pages that would be in good place on Mandrakeclub, showing the features of Mandrake could attract people. Simple shots with Enemy Territory to illustrate how it is easy to use club packages to get an accelerated 3D in 5 minutes could be sexy and attract newcomers.
So, you have some funds for a large marketing budget?
And word of mouth is often more successful than formal marketing and
promotion ...
BTW, I proposed to do a skeleton of this guide myself ;)
Cheers Eric
