Andreas Jaeger wrote: > I only made a minimal list of patterns - and now want to open a new > discussion on what kind of patterns we should have. > I can add everything I find usefull - but please tell me what you find > usefull ;-)
Without having thought a lot about it - the initial selection by patterns/groupings is meant to give the user a system with a set software suitable for the primary purpose(s) of the machine being installed. So what are the typical main roles of an openSUSE system? Desktop | +--- Desktop for/with multimedia +--- Desktop for development +--- Desktop for office/backoffice +--- etcetera | Laptop +--- (not sure how to divide this) | Server | +--- Fileserver +--- Internetserver (DNS, web etc.) +--- Database +--- Directory +--- Firewall, network server +--- etcetera | [other roles?] This is only a proposal - I really just wrote it up in five minutes. Maybe it's entirely in appropriate. Maybe the selection is 1-2-3 step: Primary qualifier, secondary qualifier, plus add-ons (things you might want to do regardless of which type of system): "Experienced User", "Kernel development", .... Primary and secondary qualifier could fit into one page/window in a tree-style display as the above, and going to the 2nd window for add-ons could be made optional, such that new-bies or non-techies would have a fast-path, whereas techies and/or experienced users would still have the option of a detailed selection etc. /Per Jessen, Zürich
