Fedora usability : a new project?
Rahul
sundaram at redhat.com
Wed Aug 9 06:15:30 UTC 2006
Rick Stuart wrote:
> I welcome this idea! I have asked many folks about what they like and
> dis like about Linux and I only get prejudiced statements. If you sit
> someone ( a familiar and comfortable user of Windows) in front of your
> pride and joy 64-bit Fedora Core 5 install and invite them to try it
> out, they will fail to see any value. If you help them find their way
> to stuff, they will certainly hit a brick wall that you have to fix by
> opening a terminal window, and then it's all over.
>
> Here are a couple of suggestions:
>
> Provide an option to configure users with sufficient privileges so that
> they can enter their OWN password for administrative access instead of
> ROOT's. ( /usr/bin/system-config-* linked to "consolehelper" ) For a
> good model, check out UBUNTU......sorry about your toes. Something like
> /etc/consolehelpers a-la /etc/sudoers.
That isnt really a good model.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-July/msg00814.html
>
> I really like YUM, but I REALLY think that it sucks to explain it to
> users who are new to Linux.
Why? It has a consistent command line interface and it is no worse than
any other command tool that I know of.
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/
Package manager is nice, but then there is
> that pesky root password requirement....."So, I'll just log in as root
> so I don't have to type that password!" It is miserably slow. Does
> it even connect to YUM?
Yes, It uses yum.
I am not seeing all the available packages I
> can see with 'yum list available'. If that's not the right tool, then
> why is it on the menu under 'Add/Remove software'? Don't make me say
> the U-word.
Click the big "List" button.
>
> Give me better Themes choices. That is a big deal...and...UBUNTU is not
> any better....
We have about a dozen in core and many more in extras. I think thats
plenty of choice apart from the easily installable themes from
art.gnome.org and kde-look.org
>
> FIX GNOME's SCREENLOCK!!!! I want the slideshow to be configurable like
> KDE's....It USED to be!
It never was. Xscreensavers was that way but it isnt in core anymore.
There is a upstream discussion on adding this feature to the new GNOME
screensaver program.
>
> Make wireless drop dead obvious. I hate to say it, but Windows has that
> down. MOST real users are going to be on laptops and Fedora is NOT
> ready for them.
Use Network Manager. It is not enabled by default yet till we get a few
features fixed.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-August/msg00081.html
>
> That's all I can think of right now. I have poured on the gasoline and
> I am waiting for the match...hurry, the gasoline is giving me a rash.
> Oh, wait!! One more....give up on the default mail-tool being
> evolution. Thunderbird!
Wont work. We need well integrated calendering functionality, Exchange
interoperability etc and ThunderBird extensions are not very mature yet.
Rahul
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