Re: [libreoffice-website] Download page

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Stefan Weigel
<stefan.weigel@bildungskreis.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 08.12.2010 15:11, schrieb Samuel Gómez:
>
> > Now, what about this:
> >
> > If system detection successes, the system prompts a listbox with:
> > - Windows
> > - Mac x86
> > - Mac PPC
> > - Linux x86 rpm
> > - Linux x86 deb
> > - Linux 64 bit rpm
> > - Linux 64 bit deb
> >
> > And the right listbox is pre-selected.
>
> That´s fine. That´s waht we already have.
>
> > Else, if Linux is detected but not the distro, the system prompts a
> > different listbox and a link.
> >
> > The listbox is:
> > - Debian
> > - Fedora
> > - Mandriva
> > - Mint
> > - PCLinuxOS
> > - Ubuntu
> > - openSUSE
> >
> > The link is:
> > - Show other versions.
> >
> > "Show other versions" leads to the first listbox, but with no
> > pre-selected option.
>
> I would never consider showing a selection of distros Debian,
> Fedora, Mandriva, Mint, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu, openSUSE rather than a
> selection of package types Windows, Mac x86, Mac PPC, Linux x86 rpm,
> Linux x86 deb, Linux 64 bit rpm, Linux 64 bit deb.
>
> But, is that necessary? How often will it be, that the distro will
> not be detected? And how often will it be, that the distro will not
> be detected *and* the user will not know himself what package type
> to choose?

That's the question.

I think we have to know whether there are popular distros out there
not identifying themselves through the browsers of their repositories.

If there are not, people with no distro in the user agent probably
will have installed the browser themselves, so they will probably know
which package they need.

But if there are, then the distro selector becomes significantly useful.



> A user, who does not know, if she needs rpm oder deb, is such a user
> able to install the software herself, anyway?
>
> Stefan
>
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