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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Role based menus [Was: adding desktop files to misc packages]
From:       Andreas Tille <tillea () rki ! de>
Date:       2007-07-28 18:05:22
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0707281959280.4102 () wr-linux02
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Frank Küster wrote:

> I imagine that the reason why no one responds to this suggestion is that
> the discussion is very focused:  The friends of the complete Debian menu
> on the one hand, and the advocates of a "newbie friendly" desktop
> environment - and those newbies (I think) are generally believed to use
> their computer for "home office" work, from writing a letter and web
> browsing to listening to music and managing their photos.

Probably the term "newbie" has to be avoided at all - people might
be offended by that.  Roles "Office" and "Multimedia" fit better.

> But in fact, I think a user can both be a newbie to Linux (and even to
> serious computer usage) and still have a quite focused interest, be it
> "administration of a non-profit organization", a particular field of
> science, game development, ...

This is exactly what I was talking about (and why the CDD concept
exists).

Kind regards

         Andreas.

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