New homepage design for opensuse.org

This weekend I made a prototype of a new opensuse.org homepage. My main goals are (1) making the advantages of openSUSE over other operating systems clearer and (2) doing a graphical refresh that makes openSUSE more attractive.

It’s still missing some things like a comparison between openSUSE’s different flavors, but it looks like this so far:

Do you think it’s worth further developing it? I’ve submitted the draft on GitHub but so far haven’t received any feedback on it.

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You have obviously put a lot of work in to this but the title has nothing to do with openSUSE; it could apply to any number of distros. To promote openSUSE, you need a message clearly about openSUSE. What makes openSUSE outstanding should leap from the page.

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Any suggestion for how we could capture the essence of openSUSE in about 3-5 words?

Personally I don’t mind if the title stays a little vague, since we have the six items below it explaining some of openSUSE’s advantages. At some point I considered the phrase “Embrace the chameleon”. I’m open to ideas though.

@john_hudson It should Leap and Tumble from the page :wink:

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…or roll slowly…:smiley:

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A quick glance - it looks good! I wonder if the display background could incorporate an openSUSE reference/logo etc?

I’ll think about a way to do something like that. I’ve considered replacing the screenshot graphic with a chameleon - either real-life or illustrated.

I still have to make the section about Tumbleweed, Leap, Slowroll, MicroOS etc. So I might incorporate a repeating texture into the section background containing something openSUSE-themed.

@pieterdd Could you join out Matrix instance (chat.opensuse.org) ? We have people discussing your design in our marketing:opensuse.org room. You can access with your openSUSE account that you are using here.

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BTW, I like it a lot.

I was thinking the same thing because the page doesn’t mention the choices. :grin:

yes it is very appealing :grinning: