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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Take a look at Linux1.no
From:       "Mr Bulldog" <bulldogsay () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-06-16 15:58:27
Message-ID: bbdc67730606160858n76398db3sd33ed77ed2f784e8 () mail ! gmail ! com
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I mentioned earlier to the kde web team to sort out the homepage so
that it would have an image hotspot, or bigger link that went to the
page "Try Linux" on the side, this would clearly advertise and inform
users, who are coming to Linux, to choose KDE compared to gnome. This
especially makes it hard for users to use KDE, where they are given
advice from gnome users to try gnome for their distribution.

Look at gnome, they had  a big image towards it, well a week ago they
did. This should be issued on there. Also I propose making the page,
http://kde.org/whatiskde/ much shorter, it is too much to read for the
casual person or just give some of the key concepts of KDE, similar to
http://www.koffice.org/tours/1.5/. Not using screenshots maybe icons,
but brief for newer users. This would help introduce KDE efficiently.
Hope these ideas are useful -> I don't think the kde web team even
noticed as usual.

Another example is amarok, key list of bullet points. It is a bit too
short and plain in my opinon, but you know what they are talking
about.
http://amarok.kde.org/content/view/51/1/



On 16/06/06, Birger Kollstrand <birger.kollstrand@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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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