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First, why people chose Linux?<br>I think because it is free (of charge in the beginning). There is a learn curve for Windows too, you still need to do lots of tweaks if you really need to use it at full power. Linux too. So I wouldn't talk about the costs in this matter.<br>
Then, it has the source open. Here comes the real freedom. At least I know that somebody will discover if some app will spy on you. You never know what kind of info Windows send to the mother ship and when.<br>Not to talk about the opportunity to adapt the code...<br>
And, not at least, come the things that could not do with Windows.<br>Secondly, why people would chose Mageia?<br>Now, the followers count to see the Mandriva's quality in a better way of communication. I think the Mandriva's distro is the base in all aspects.<br>
<br>After that, it is place to improvement. Who knows, maybe Mageia will have its own life, far from Mandriva's path, but at same quality at least.<br><br>Me, personally, from the usability point of use, I would like it close as it is now in terms of available packages. I would like to have the opportunity to poll for some apps (that was the Mandriva Club members privilege afaik). I would like to have one DVD with all the stuff and an installer to allow me to install a server, a desktop, or to start a "live CD" environment. And a second DVD with the sources. Different choices in different settings, but same packages. I hate the idea of having several CD/DVD flavors (of course, to be available as many users would like that). I would focus on 64 bit (I have 64 bit cpu since the first one appeared on the market, now nobody does 32 bit cpus, even for multimedia, afaik). I would like to have some visual improvement on the desktop and a lighter KDE (but that's KDE team's job). I would like to have the KDE as classy as Gnome, but with KDE's plugability.<br>
<br>What I think it is a must in order to achieve success, as in Ubuntu's case, is a good collection of How to's. Whatever I wanted to do to setup something, tons of how to's for Ubuntu arose first.<br>
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