[Mageia-dev] What do you think about create a Mageia Welcome Center?

Fri Oct 1 12:35:01 CEST 2010

Re: Survey
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+Any distro who does not know the user usage is working in the dark. 
+Mageia should (just like Mandriva) have a quick initial questionnaire 
+offering an account to its registering service. This is necessary for 
+marketing purposes and for planning purposes. There would be nothing 
+worse that to work without knowing how many people are using your distro 
+and for what reasons. Users are used to agreeing to EULA's (user 
+agreements) and, yes, in general they do blindly agree to them. But, if 
+they agree to the same on Mageia and it was used to keep stats on the 
+number of installations in use then that would be great.
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+This would, of course, have to be done only once at the initial 
+installation (or even distro Update). I think most users would 
+understand the need for this. Mageia should also make it clear that 
+there is no storing of personal data being done at this step.
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+Mageia could offer and promote the use of their forums somewhere else 
+once the distro is installed and working just as a piece of information. 
+It could be made in such a way as to make the user feel like they are 
+now owner of a community driven distro and that in being an owner, they 
+now have a voice in its development and direction. It's a community effort.
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+Marc
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