2015-03-29 22:22 GMT+02:00 shirish शिरीष <[email protected]>: > Hi all,
Hei, > With debconf happening soon, what do the developers think of > showcasing debian-edu either as a talk/workshop or a combination of > the two. It could be even a hands-on showcase if it's a possibility so > people can play around and help with debian-edu. This would help in > awareness building within the wider debian community and perhaps few > people might join the team. > I think that is a great idea and would like to help out with any voluntary work around it. My plan for CebConf is to attend the Blends Sprint[0] and collect signatures to increase my WOT. > I'm planning to come to debconf (provided my travel grant is > accepted) and it would be one more reason for me to be in debconf. > I hope to see you there :) > One more thing, over the last several days, months it somehow seems to > me that the same desktop that we desire to have for young people have > lot of similarity for elderly people as well. They also want > clutter-free interfaces, fewer apps and bold and big type-faces as > well as pretty iconography. I know that description sort of slants it > between debian-jr and debian-edu and do know that with accessibility > tools the above can be achieved to some extent. But that if the > elderly people have had some prior human-computer interaction. If not, > then s/he has the same issues as kids have when they see a digital UI > for the first time. > > I dunno if this has been observed before or not. Nor if any attempts > have been made. I know in smart-phones there are some niche phones > which behave like that but they are niche and expensive. > > Looking for people thoughts on the above. > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 PS: cc-ed to the German mailinglist in order to attract more people :) [0]: https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2015/Blends -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alexander Alemayhu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caaqpc6bfrdwy7fvziaxe25k0ktbsysvrp-w7qzyifr1sg5j...@mail.gmail.com
