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Thornton</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-marketing%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-marketing%5D%20Post%20installation%20ditty%27s...&In-Reply-To=%3C4F7AB234.50900%40NorthTech.US%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-marketing] Post installation ditty's...">Bradley at NorthTech.US + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Apr 3 10:17:56 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000819.html">[Mageia-marketing] Other ideas +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000821.html">[Mageia-marketing] Post installation ditty's... +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#787">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#787">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#787">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#787">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- +Hash: RIPEMD160 + +There are five currently agreed upon (or not) sets of copy for the +installation screens for those who perform graphical installs of Mageia. + +Following Ennael's post which seemingly scraps that out of control +juggernaut (Good call IMO), There's plenty of time to work on this for +Mageia 2.1, Mageia 3 Beta 1, whatev :) + +That having been said, we keep asking ourselves about what sets Mageia +apart from other distros (IOW, why use Mageia instead of CentOS or +Fedora, considering that Mageia is 'yet another RPM based distro'). + +If we all keep asking ourselves this question, and all we get back is +one little control center app, then that is, operationally, the main +difference isn't it (Please, flame me on this one, I really want someone +to take enough offense to this that I hear what makes our distro +operationally and technologically different enough to compel someone to +adopt)? + +On the non-production level, we have been receiving much feedback. +Community, Community, Community. Great? Where? + +Josh has attempted, along with Sebastian and a few others to address +this issue and sandbox a few proof of concept ideas. I won't go there in +this post, but applaud that effort and point to the fact that because +that effort has support, that we're lacking there with respect to our +current *community* offerings. + +What I would like to suggest, is that in the future, one of the screens +direct people, post-installation, to their root user's email inbox to +get more involved, and for further information on post-installation +matters - you might be tired of hearing this, but we do this with Slackware. + +"You're almost finished installing the most spectaculicious of all Linux +distributions, but take time to check the email for root when your done +for getting involved with the community" - yeah, a bit loquacious but +you get the idea.... + +Once the user is finished installing they have post-installation topics, +including an email with links to join certain aspects of the community +(which do not as of yet really exist). + +Just thought I'd offer that one up while chewing on a cud of alfalfa :) + +Kindest regards, + + +- -- +Bradley D. 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