Suggestion re FESCO Ticket #170

drago01 drago01 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 29 20:00:04 UTC 2009


On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Ben Boeckel<MathStuf at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Niels Haase wrote:
>> I wonder if we could find also a way to get the 32bit vs.
> 64bit choice
>> also so smart integrated?
>>
>> Like a additional radio button at the end for choosing 32bit
> or 64bit.
>>
>> PS: Hope that this not cause the next long discussion about
> the default arch :)
>
> How about, instead of asking for arch directly, we have a
> series of questions to determine if they have a 64bit
> processor?
>
> 0. Button for "I know what I want" (direct choice)
> 1. Is your computer older (built/purchased new before 200X)?
> 2. Is it a netbook? (well, in this case should they really be
> getting optical media anyways? liveusb-creator can download on
> its own)
> 3. ...
>
> I'm probably not the most qualified to get the most effective
> questions, but it's a thought.

User wants to download fedora .. sees the download page .. thinks "wtf
is that" ... moves on to ubuntu/opensuse/mandrivia/whatever




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