Hi Nadim,
I actually tried to replace this exact image in the past when it first came
out, but if I remember correctly, people wanted to keep the image and I was
unsuccessful. Not sure if people have changed their minds. You might want
to contact the marketing team as well.
Cheers,
Chaoyi
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 at 11:06 <nadim@nadim.computer> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have been a Fedora user for almost a decade now. I am advised that this
> is the correct forum where I can propose contributions and changes to the
> GetFedora website.
>
> The GetFedora.org pages for Server and Cloud are okay. However, the one
> for Fedora Workstation [1] has been bothering me for a long time now. There
> are some aspects of it that I've found disturbingly bad and in serious need
> of change. Luckily, they're easily replaceable components of the webpage.
>
> Right now, the Workstation page has a very good introduction at the top
> ("This is the Linux workstation you've been waiting for") followed by a
> good introduction ("Fedora Workstation is a reliable [...] corporate
> environments.")
>
> However, what comes after that is the problem: the Workstation has a bunch
> of sentences that either make very specific technical references or in
> general contribute little value to selling the project. These could be
> fixed by focusing on a more general introduction to the desktop
> environment, daily-use features, and cutting-edge differences that separate
> Fedora from other desktop operating systems.
>
> The most critical problem I have with the website are the photos: they're
> incredibly bad. The photos are of, literally, decade-old ThinkPads that are
> completely covered in dirt and dust, running Fedora. It's like a caricature
> of a Linux distro website. I find that to be very off-putting and
> unprofessional. These photos should be replaced quickly and I can't believe
> they've been on the website every time I've gone to download a Fedora image
> over the past two years! They can at least be replaced with photos of clean
> ThinkPads, and better yet, laptops where what's actually on the screen is
> an interesting Fedora use-case that is clearly visible in the photo.
>
> If anyone can point me to the correct repository for the website, I will
> make pull requests with suggestions to make the website more reasonable,
> and I will also contribute content and try to make the page more useful and
> accessible to people interested in Fedora. Right now, the website seems to
> be made by Fedora users and seems to target people who *already* use
> Fedora, which is very near-sighted and ultimately a bad strategy.
>
> Regards,
> Nadim
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