Re: Getting GNOME page on gnome.org

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi Akshay,

On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 01:45 +0530, Akshay Vyas wrote:
> Missed linux mint,Linux mint also has GNOME3 in their main/base
> distribution and as
> far as i know it is most popular amongst the linux newbies

I must admit that I don't know much about recent Linux Mint developments
and decisions. I'd see the same problem as with Ubuntu (see below: "By
default Ubuntu comes with something that is very different from what we
advertise on our websites") but I am happy to be proven wrong. :)
So in case that you know: Does Linux Mint 12 by default use gnome-shell,
or does it use MGSE, or other shells such as Mate (or Cinnamon in
version 13) by default? 
I've been quickly reading through http://blog.linuxmint.com/ but could
not find anything that makes it much clearer either to me.

andre

> 2012/4/1 Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es>:
> > ----- Mensaje original -----
> > > De: Andreas Nilsson <andreas andreasn se>
> > > Para: marketing-list <marketing-list gnome org>
> > > CC:
> > > Enviado: Sábado 31 de marzo de 2012 15:40
> > > Asunto: Getting GNOME page on gnome.org
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > > Shortly before the 3.4 release the web team made some adjustments to the page
> > > http://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/
> > > This made the links for Arch Linux, Mageia and Debian smaller. I feel some
> > > explaining of the rationale behind this is in order so that we don't end up
> > > with the same thing again within the next 6 months.
> > >
> > > We made this change so it would be more straight to get GNOME for the largest
> > > share of website visitors possible. Taking aside the fact that it's a fairly
> > > complicated business to get yourself a working GNOME 3 system compared to say,
> > > installing Firefox or LibreOffice, I felt these three systems are fair
> > > compromises (they are also ordered alphabetically):
> > > * Fedora - best in class, big download link straight off their website and a
> > > system that is very close to a vanilla GNOME 3 system (+ some software I am
> > > somewhat unhappy about like SELinux, ABRT but that's ok).
> > > * OpenSUSE - Some jumping through hoops in order to get what you're actually
> > > looking for and a certain risk of ending up with KDE or some other system in the
> > > end. I've talked to Jos and the current link is the best we can do today.
> > > [1]
> > > * Ubuntu - By default Ubuntu comes with something that is very different from
> > > what we advertise on our websites, but questions about how to install latest
> > > GNOME 3 on Ubuntu keeps coming up a lot on our G+, Facebook and news articles,
> > > so hopefully the apt:-link will do all right.
> > >
> > > So what about the others then? I forgot about the Amazing Distro X! :)
> > > I felt that the instructions for Arch ("GNOME is available in the _extra_
> > > repository"), Mageia ("GNOME 3 is coming in the next version")
> > > and Debian ("In experimental, not in stable at all"). All these
> > > distros are probably really cool, but they are making things harder for our
> > > users. But! I am hopeful that their website front pages will do their best to
> > > advertise how to get a working GNOME 3 system up and running in very little time
> > > in the future.
> >
> > For me it's ok, though IMHO I've found the font size too small and difficult to read, at
> > least for me. I think that showing the links of these distros in a single line is enough to
> > note that your state above.
> >
> > Just my two cents,
> >
> >    -- Juanjo Marin
> > --
> > marketing-list mailing list
> > marketing-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Akshay vyas

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