On 2013-08-12 15:03, flymail wrote:
> On 2013-08-12, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
> The keyword here is `specifically’. Without it, your contention may well be valid, because the openSUSE design does make
some attempt to appeal to newcomers. But I specifically used the word (sic) to ensure the correctness of the sentence.
Your disagreement would only be correct if the primary design strategy of S.u.S.E. 5.3 was specificially targetted at
newbies. This would only be the case if the distribution included non-oss `batteries’ (e.g. codecs) and to my knowledge
> this never happened.
IMO, it has always been targeted at newbies, within the law, becaure
including codecs is against the law on several countries. In fact, hard
core Linux users denigrate openSUSE because of YaST precisely, to easy
oriented for them. I have met some such users recently, who want me to
migrate to Debian.
I don’t claim the it was/is the primary objective - but, the official
goals are:
« openSUSE Guiding principles (short version)
We are…
… a community that provides free and easy access to Free and Open
Source Software. We innovate, integrate, polish, document, distribute,
maintain and support one of the world’s best Linux distributions. We are
working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of
the worldwide Free and Open Source community. »
See the word “easy” in there? 
Or here: «… create a distribution which is stable, easy to use and a
complete multi-purpose distribution for users and developers, for
desktop and server use, for beginners and experienced users, for
everybody. »
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)