adding my 2 bits in-line :- On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:28, gufadin <[email protected]> wrote: > This is just a bit of feedback from my perspective. I love Debian, and > have used it for years, but I have a few comments about the state of > affairs as they stand right now. > > First, you are doing a great disservice to the project by separating the > installation and live cd into two different downloads, and by burying > the live cd into sub-pages. If you really want people to test Debian > and then install right away, you would make a live cd that can install > right away, and have a link to that image right off the front page, > rather than make people search for it, which only works if they know to > begin with that they must search for it.
Hi all, First please CC me as well if somebody responds to it. I *think* that the debian-live team (http://live.debian.net/) may have the same idea although they haven't been able to communicate it on the web their long-term plans. The roadmap page tells the technical stuff but not the big picture nor is it present anywhere easily accessible. The debian-live homepage is itself something that could do with some good design. Now as far as live and install in one CD is said, IIRC having GNOME or/and KDE perhaps it would not be possible to have the whole thing in one CD. Perhaps a Live and install DVD ? > One other comment, the installation interface looks like it came from > the 1980's, with 8-bit graphics, which also doesn't install confidence. > I am not proposing a brain-dead "Unity" or "Gnome 3.x" approach, just > saying that a 1980's interface will simply turn away all but the most > hard core user. > > I'm only providing this feedback because I love Debian and understand > that the more acceptance it has, the more freedom the developers have to > create a truly powerful and useful OS. Without a lot of "buy in," > Debian will be relegated to only a small fringe of users. If that is > your use model, well then I understand, but this means that dumbed down > OS' like Ubuntu will win the race, which is ultimately a detriment to > anyone that is interested in an OS that lends to productivity. This again I'm in agreement of. The installation process could be quite a bit more polished but then I have no idea what the ideas/plans for wheezy are. There are probably going to make it easier. Probably the d-i (debian-installer) team could share with us a bit more, esp. with screenshots and what they hope achieve of the upcoming release. Looking forward if somebody can please shed a light on this one. > KEK sleepishly -- 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 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CADdDZRnkT9hMO5B068Um77Tw1=wojextas3fnuziakmo+hp...@mail.gmail.com
