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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jonathan,

I suggest that you look at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu which has been
developed by some good people. It does not seem at all confusing to me.

You'd be surprised what happens when the QA, advertising, graphics & wiki
teams come together :D

As for advertising stuff? Telling people that we support all the different
archs should be shouted out IMHO, but that is a decision for the
advertising team to make. QA is there to ensure we have those archs
approved for release, but it does seem a real shame not to proudly
advertise it.

Regards,

Phill.

On 28 July 2012 21:08, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> We list the x86 and AMD64 architectures on the web site.
> >> (http://lubuntu.net) Can we also advertise that we have PPC?
>
> On 07/28/2012 12:45 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>
> > can this be done? also including the amd64-Mac edition. PPC is now
> > reliant on lubuntu for releases.
>
> Wasn't there *huge* fuss about keeping download pages ultra-simple and
> easy to use for total newcomers, recently?  Doesn't this change add
> complexity, which might in theory cause a newcomer to be more likely
> to pick the wrong image to download?
>
> If so, how can the needs of "rare" PPC and Mac users be balanced with
> the needs of newbie i386/amd64 PC users?
>
> Maybe we could have exactly 3 links:
>
>  * 32bit PC (i386)
>  * 64bit PC (amd84)
>  * other systems (PPC, ARM, Mac i386, Mac amd64)
>
> so making it less likely the "other systems" one will confuse newbies,
> yet making it clear that such images do exist, and clicking on it can
> lead to a page providing specif links to each of them?
>
> Note: I'm not necessarily in favour of the "our web presence needs to
> be aimed at total newcomers who are not willing to learn anything"
> approach -- but I *don't* want another big round of "discussion" about
> this on lubuntu-users to flare up because a change like this is made
> without thinking through its implications carefully and thoroughly first.
>
> Again I want to ask: why is this a QA issue?
>
> Jonathan
>
>


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