There are already categories to install many related packages. Those are called task- metapackages and they permit to automatically install a set of related packages that can be useful for a specific task. Maybe the list could be expanded or broken down into more precise categories (I think of task-games for example).

===Existing task- metapackages in 2010.1===
The rectangles identify categories and dependancies show related packages or specific declination (e.g. task-printing with types of printers). Grouping could be done otherwise, suggestions welcome :)
{{image class="center" alt="Mageia existing task packages in 2010.1" title="Mageia existing task packages in 2010.1" url="http://download.tuxfamily.org/cauldron/mageia/doc/MageiaExistingTask-2010.1.png" link="http://download.tuxfamily.org/cauldron/mageia/doc/MageiaExistingTask-2010.1.png"}}
Source is available at [[http://download.tuxfamily.org/cauldron/mageia/doc/MageiaExistingTask-2010.1.xmind Mageia Existing Task- xmind]] (of course WikiLicense applies) see CompileXMind to edit it

ToDo:
~- reorganize the -gnome and -kde packages (they may be associated with the related desktop)
~- perhaps identify other categories to suggest creating other task- packages

See for example [[http://sophie.zarb.org/rpm/cooker,/task-games/deps task-games]] (~60 games) or more simply [[http://sophie.zarb.org/rpm/cooker,/task-edu/deps task-edu]] :
~- kdeedu4
~- educazionik
~- kdegames4
~- semantik
~- tuxpaint
~- tuxpaint-stamps
~- scribus
~- celestia
~- stellarium
~- drgeo
~- freemind
~- gcompris
~- gcompris-music
Well the description of the package could be enhanced and its purpose a bit more clear :)


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