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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Take a look at Linux1.no
From:       Birger Kollstrand <birger.kollstrand () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2006-06-16 14:49:03
Message-ID: 200606162030.25690.birger.kollstrand () losmail ! no
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Fredag 16 juni 2006 00:38, skrev Aaron J. Seigo:
> > The "poll" is done by users setting in their profile what is their
> > default distro and desktop environment.
> 
> and yet it seems that less than 200 people have done so through a
> self-selection process. i know of 50+ kde users in one particular office in
> oslo (guess which one? =). if those people signed on it would look a bit
> different, no? small sample sets are often misleading, though not always.
> hard to gauge how this data reflects the realities of norway.
Of course.

But you do miss a point again. This is the site norwegian newcommers are 
finding very early. They are met with a pro Gnome atitude. I prefere the KDE 
environment to grow. The oops is about the actual current profile which is 
leaning towards Gnome. Not to cheat the poll.

> of course, as someone who actually -lives- there perhaps you would be able
> to comment on how accurately this reflects on your experiences with other
> linux users in the country? then again, i don't know if i could do that for
> my country, only the city i live in really.
Based upon general "feeling", Gnome and Ubuntu is the place where it is 
cooking. 

> well, it's better than if most of the users were going MacOS or Windows =)
> we really try not to encourage a "KDE against GNOME" mentality as it too
> often just devolves into squabbling and embarrassing events and makes the
> whole open source desktop community look bad (hello /.) ...
You and I will not agree on this issue. I think we should market KDE against 
Gnome. Especially in the tech heavy environments.

> so in other words, be helpful, positive and pro-active. people gravitate
> towards such things naturally.
I do find this very naive.

> most of all do not be argumentative or insulting to other people's efforts
> as that just turns it into an emotional thing where people act out of pride
Of course not.

> and spite. if that isn't part of the equation, however, people will choose
> what works best for them ... and those are the users we want.
They actually need to get good adcvice on what is best for them.

Now I ask again:
Is there a god "10 points" to convince a new user to choose KDE when they want 
to try Linux? 
This would help me in local promoting in Norway. And I guess in other areas 
also.

Supporting the evangelists can't be bad Aaron.

birger....
 
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