Till Kamppeter writes:
> Hi,
>
> at the booth on the LinuxTag I have asked users to write down what for
> them is missing or has to made better on the Linux desktop and I have
> put their answers onto the booth wall. Unfortunately not many visitors
> participated, but here are the answers (translated from german to english):
Yeah, saw this!
>
> - Unique fonts on all distros: A core set of fonts should be absolutely
> identical on all distros. These fonts should be default
This would require a decent set of open sourced fonts available that
cover the character sets that are required in the locales where linux
matters.
We've discussed this often at X.Org (as we are one source of fonts):
- Few open source tools exist to help with font design.
- Good font desgin is a hard job requiring a lot of experience.
(Probably not a job for a group of people from the community to
pick up)
- There is almost no way around taking some money and 'by' fonts
to put them under a suitable license.
>
> - Unique Linux portal and central support (similar to linuxprinting.org
> for printing)
Wonder if this isn't a single opinion.
>
> - Simple access to Blootooth devices, use of available Bluetooth
> services by a GUI
This goes with 'Support for mobile professionals' below.
>
> - PCs with Linux pre-installed
Yes!
>
> - Outlook replacement "better" than evolution:
> o Group calendar
> o Connection to Exchange
> o Repeatedly happening appointements (weekly meetings, ...)
> o Different SMTP mail send servers for each POP3/IMAP4 account
This looks like a list of features that some user is used to
from outlook that are missing on the replacement he has been
migrated to.
The underlying question here is:
Do we need to reimplement all features of a M$ product to make
people who migrate happy?
>
> - Unique dialogs
>
> - Installation of 3rd-party software too complicated (Java, Acrobat,
> drivers)
Agreed!
>
> - Support for mobile professionals: WLAN, telco-Boards, integration with
> mail, ...
>
> - I love diversity -- Everything the same we have with M$
>
> None of thee answers were posted more than once (probably because
> visitors already read the already existing answers).
>
Posting these on the booth wall seems to be counterproductive when
trying to collect a representative opinion base.
Ch.
Egbert.
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