I'd like to address specific problems identified at Desktop Linux: The Dream Is Dead
I've already identified (in french) that GNU/Linux already has killer-apps, not one, many of them and that switchers from EeePC original OS (Xandros) probably did it for wrong reasons (or at least lack of basic knowledge and evident difficulties
A live-CD for Mageia should innovate
What are things you want to show on a live-CD ? A basic desktop ? Some well chosen tools to identifiy how the distribution will work on your future computer ? What changes to expect depending on what people declare to use (differences with... or genuine use of what's available)- see CommunicationLibreHardware for a tool to check how your computer hardware is expected to work could be useful, would give advices and recommend to read release notes (imho)
- basic welcome page explaining what to expect and how to add functionalities
- remind people that a live-CD is only 700 MB whereas the repositories contain over 30 GB worth of software and more than 13000 packages in over 70 languages
Some software good for demos
- XaoS
- Gnofract4D with a fractal images gallery!
- check metisse evolutions for tablet pc and ensure there's good dcumentation or include videos how to use it (with subtitles)
- videos at dailymotion in Ogg/Theora or at youtube in WebM and differences with other videos (think benchmarks by users, minimum hardware required, collaborative validation of what works...)
- check good roots to remember what makes the difference for us and suggestions
How to achieve it
Well the usual engineering methods usually work:- reduce to a check-list of things that must work, using the MoSCoW method
- ensure testing is suficiently exhaustive, is analyzed and remaining bugs can be diagnosed (logs) or at least circumvented, mostly with hardware and each and every software included
what is to be kept in mind for a live-CD
I really meant to say is we should put more effort on flash than optical media, because- Really small computers do not have CD/DVD ( I have one ), think netbook
- Less bad media or writer problems ( I have had both )
- Less write tool problem ( I think )
- The OS is starting up and load new applications faster (not as fast as from hard disk, but gives better impressions than a Live CD) and/or lower demand of RAM (for buffering)
- Persistent storage (Well it could be really useful for actual use, travelling, repair tool.)
other ideas
Find how to deliver the tools to the users so that they make them work and enhance them (code, doc') on their own, creating ad-hoc teams.CategoryLibreAdvocacy CategoryBlogMageiac
