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On 7/8/07, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > The problem is if you focus on usability for newbies, you'll focus |
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> > less on features and customization, or you'll have to find a way to |
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> > hide this customizability because customization confuses newbies, and |
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> > spending time dancing around the lesser populace is time wasted on |
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> > doing practical stuff ( While I'll admit theres got to be a half-way, |
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> > or gentoo will never get any fresh blood, but I'd prefer to entice |
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> > fresh blood from people who have some potential to improve the distro |
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> Great post Kent. I'd love to see more features to attract unskilled |
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> users, but I'd hate to have that slow down the development of features |
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> that I would actually use. |
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> The main camps we seem to be divided into are: |
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> 1. we don't want unskilled users |
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> and: |
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> 2. we do want unskilled users |
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> and most align with #1. It will be interesting to see how it turns |
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> out. I still think there is a huge long-term benefit to a large user |
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> base, even if many of those users start out unskilled. |
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> - Grant |
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Personally I don't think it's about Gentoo not wanting 'unskilled' |
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users, but that said I know I am an unskilled user in many eyes so I |
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suppose that's my survival instinct kicking in. ;-) |
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I think a more accurate message is 'Gentoo welcomes all, but as a |
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potential Gentoo user you must be willing to learn. Gentoo does not |
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attempt make *anything* 'easy or pretty' in preference to providing |
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complete control.' Add what you will. that's just a start. |
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My issues, as a low-end, non-power Gentoo user, is that there are some |
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applications that I'd absolutely love to run, such as mythfrontend via |
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a web browser, that continue to be beyond my skill set. I've worked |
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hours upon hours and failed. I know if I chose a different distro I |
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could run it out of the box. That done I'd lose portage and lots of |
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other things I really value far more so I forgo fun stuff to have a |
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really stable system. It's disappointing I don't have the skills to |
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make it work but I figure over time I can possibly gain them. It's |
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something to work toward, right? |
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- Mark |
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