hi Stormy; I think this would more likely fit in marketing-list - gnome-os-list is more for development, really.
On 21 November 2012 16:08, Stormy Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > I think we need to be able to get a lot crisper on what we are trying to do. > From your description, it sounds like we aren't trying to do GNOME OS, > that's just an internal code name for an initiative to improve GNOME and the > development process. it depends on what you call "OS": restructuring our development process as well as our message that GNOME is a complete vertical stack that can be productised fits my definition of "operating system". if you define "OS" as "a Linux distribution" then we clearly aren't doing one. > So what are we trying to do with GNOME? Are we saying that we are focusing > on GNOME as a desktop? not "a desktop", because desktop has pretty precise connotations; let's say "GNOME as a full stack", which includes a user experience for hybrid devices (touch + keyboard) as well as traditional desktop/clamshell ones. > As opposed to GNOME as a bunch of technologies that > people can fit into their own products? correct. > Is our audience developers or users? I'd say that the audience for GNOME OS (the initiative, not the end result) is for developers, QA, and OEMs. > What are we trying to deliver to them? a fully testable, deployable, disk image that can be used on supported devices for testing and developing with/developing for GNOME. ciao, Emmanuele. -- W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.name B: http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/ _______________________________________________ gnome-os-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-os-list
