Further to this, in my distro-hopping, one of the main things I'm looking for is distros that come with the apps I want. I think this same idea applies to all the *buntu distros. We're trying to make it easy to switch, but unfortunately Linux is a system where there's a lot of choices. The easier we make it for users to get the system they want, the better, IMO.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Jeff Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately, whichever browser you chose, a bunch of potential users are > going to be turned off. An alternative to consider is initially install no > browser, then have a post-install script that will ask the user to decide, > something like this: > > Browser: > 1. Firefox (default) > 2. Midori > 3. Epiphany > 4. Arora > 5. Chromium > 6. none > etc. > > Office: > 1. Abiword + Gnumeric (default) > 2. Openoffice.org > 3. none > > Image editor: > > Music player: > > Launcher: > 1. Kupfer > > IM Client: > > etc > > The script might not have to do anything more than a few sudo apt-get > installs. I don't know if this breaks some Ubuntu philosopy, but I think it > opens the distro up to a *much* wider audience. > > I'm sure you can't make dramatic changes to Ubiquity, and I know you don't > want the user to have to make a lot of decisions at install time, but I'd > *FAR* rather pick between a), b) and c), and know that the config is setup > properly than to have to figure out how to delete one package and install > another. You could even start with with the question "Do you want to select > packages other than the defaults (Firefox, Abiword, Gnumeric etc)?" > > Jeff > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Steve <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:40:35 -0000, David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> ` >>> >>> >>> Steve wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:27:58 -0000, 神癒礁湖 <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> LOL. Discussion about browser is out of the box! :-) >>>>> >>>>> OK, fully agree with Julián Alarcón and Jonay Santana. I'm only a >>>>> designer (and was a coder, but not now). Mother's impressions are good >>>>> as they are perfect beta testers. >>>>> >>>>> Midori and Arora are the best browser for this release / distro. Arora >>>>> was even capable to load complex certificates accesing the tricky >>>>> goverment pages (educational ministry, for example) and not Midori. So, >>>>> equation gets simple. >>>>> >>>>> We have to keep an eye on speed, easyness and also features, and Midori >>>>> lack a bit of functions that are already implemented on Arora. >>>>> >>>>> If anybody wants a geek distro try compiling a minial Gentoo with that >>>>> rare fork of KDE. Lubuntu must be installable on any machine with ANY >>>>> user. >>>>> >>>>> Not tried Arora, another one to look at. >>>> As the browser is probably the most important piece of software, from a >>>> users perspective, this has to be got right. The problem for me is, I like >>>> my 'bells & whistles" on my browser and find it hard to use some of the >>>> simpler ones. I’m quite the opposite with media players, I dislike all >>>> this >>>> play list silliness and other complications. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Chromium is great. However, I still think the distro should be called >>> Lewbuntu. :) >>> >>> I thought LoUbuntu :) >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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