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Constructive suggestion from a newbie on
Linux
Some time ago I tried Kaella live CD (version
may 2007), I found the KDE 3.5 interface rather premitive.
So I wanted to try a Gnome live CD.
One speaks much about Ubuntu, but it appears not to
have a live CD with the latest Gnome 2.22.
So Google found Mandrake, but the site was so ill
disgned that amongst the lastest version, I didn't know if I would download a
Gnome or KDE one. It appears to be the KDE 3.5 version (April 2008), which was
so way slower to boot and run than the Kaella version. So much, that it
turned me off the tried the Gnome one; probably luckily for Gnome
community.
This time in Google choice send me to the Gnome
website.
So I want to point 2 issues:
1/ apparently the latest version 2.22 is still
under preparation, seems strange that it is still in preparation, but
OK.
2/ as with others live CD, the website is not
listing what's on the live CD, i.e. I wish to see something as
Gnome 2.22.
OpenOffice 2.4
Audacity 1.3.4
Gcompris ....
So my points are the following:
1/ you communicate to a community who knows,
if you want to reach as you claim 10% of the market, you ought to communicate
for newbies, because the meaning of communication is the response you
get...
2/ live cd must be well designed, in terms of
speed, otherwise you leave people with a bad impression - I throwed
Madrake to the bin, but I kept Kaella in case of ....
3/ live cd must be
well designed, in terms of software choice, don't provide like Kaella a few
programs to read text or videos, the very first concern when ones tries
something, it to see that it works! Not that you have several way to do it,
that's a more experienced step.
Hope that it won't hurt your feelings, as I know
it's lost of personal efforts & emotions to develop what you do, but just
want to be factual to ground principles if you to break into the
world.
Philippe
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