Applications install should be idiot proof

[Seth Vidal]

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009, Nelson Chan wrote:

> i've just read  http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_to_make_linux_application_installation_idiot_proof
> he got a pretty good idea, see the 2nd last paragraph:
> """
> I may know that Amarok, Banshee, Rhythmbox, and Songbird are all noteworthy Linux music players, but come on! Does anyone
> beside another Linux expert know that? Letting users choose a program by say clicking on "music player" and then picking
> one makes all the sense in the world.
> """
> The idea is that newbies are likely have no idea what amarok,rhythmbox are, so does other applications  Totem, abiword,
> Brasero..etc.  what they know are the general type of the software --- Music player, movie player, office suite, CD/DVD
> burner...
> Also i tried to search for "music player" in Add/Remove Software, interestingly, it gives extremely odd and pointless
> result..(try that yourself)
> So i can see why newbies are pull their hair off and *CAN"T GET THINGS DONE*, and claim *fedora sucks*
> See this fact, i think that we should classify some applications under their type.
> For instance,  have   Rhythmbox, amarok ..etc  under "Music Player"
> 
> The above is just a suggestion, hoping to help brain storming more better approaches.
> But i think that the idea is kinda a must for Windows and Mac OS X users to get comfort with Linux/fedora.
>

something on track for Fedora 13 is tags for packages. So you can add 
arbitrary keywords/phrases for packages that then yum/PK can search on.


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