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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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