[Mageia-discuss] Mageia logo proposals and selection

Sat Oct 16 11:29:09 CEST 2010

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+> I agree with most everything said
+> 
+> However i must add we should not forget the people to whose i count myself: 
+> Between geek and non computer literate, who use the system for work, no 
+> games, no fancy, but reliability, repairability, and ease of use is 
+> essential.  
+> 
+> Mandriva is perfect for us: easy to set up, powerful and working 
+configuration 
+> tools... well you know it all.
+> There are actually appearing a range of Linux tech software, here is what i 
+> plan to soon add in my electronic workshop:: http://www.saleae.com/home/, 
+> http://spec.de/.  I do almost all work in Linux and soon all.  Usability and 
+> reliability is what matters for us and Mandriva has it, and so will Mageia, 
+> and it should be marketed like this for this segment.
+> 
+> 
+>      There may be many segments
+> 
+> A. The masses who only want "a computer"
+> 
+> B. Serious users that want reliable system and *can* do some system 
+> configuration but no not want to waste too much time on it. System is a work 
+> house, and the user is willing to pay some monetary support, i.e 
+> subscription.
+> 
+> C. geeks that want to tweak whatever.  May want to participate in 
+development.
+> 
+> D. Server users: combination of B&C
+> 
+> E. Broad installations in schools and offices: combination of A & B
+> 
+> F. Game section is special, together with audio/video editing, streaming, 
+> creation etc.  Maybe create someting like artistx, possibly by task-gaming, 
+> task-videoedit etc package(s).
+> 
+> 
+>      We need to find some directions for development
+> 
+> For A: broad hardware support, flash live system, good installers, short 
+> beautiful manual/guide
+> 
+> For B: Keep on building on drak tools, maintain a wealthy forum and wiki.
+> 
+> For C: Good system documentation, source code handling, bugzilla, developer 
+> channels, developer apprentice guidance
+> 
+> 
+> Yes i think we can just head on development from where we forked, but work 
+on 
+> branding, marketing, documentation, communication :)
+> 
+> Just make sure we technically actually only have one system that is easily 
+> configurable by i.e task-packages!  (the packages can not only change what 
+> programs are installed, but also the visual appearance)
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+interesting... graham, can we add this to Target Market page? 
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+Marcello
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