I like the idea as well. Should we try to make a fork and port the one from Chakra? I really like that one as well.
*Ovidiu - Florin BOGDAN* GeekAliens.com <http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com> Kubuntu România <http://kubuntu.org> <http://www.google.com/profiles/ovidiu.b13> 2016-11-11 20:19 GMT+02:00 Aaron Honeycutt <[email protected]>: > I really like how Chakra does it with a widget: > > https://chakralinux.org/static/img/chakra-screenshot.jpg > > I think it can define who we are and how a welcoming community we are. > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Marco Parillo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> First, I think everybody's opinion matters, and as a tribal elder (not >> sure you want that title), yours especially matters. >> Kubuntu has been pretty vanilla KDE, and, on balance, I have considered >> its fidelity to the KDE developers' vision (when practical) to be a >> strength. >> Maybe a compromise is to go back having a folder on the default activity >> and put a launcher to the Welcome there, or a launcher to the Welcome in >> the favorites on the Kicker Application Launcher (my preference). >> >> As far as wanting to understand the historical background before changing >> a practice, that is a good idea in general. See: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> In case I wasn't clear: >>> >>> I think my opinion should have zero weight on this. I only wanted to >>> pass on >>> the historical background. >>> >>> Scott K >>> >>> On Thursday, November 10, 2016 01:16:01 PM Clive Johnston wrote: >>> > ah I was unaware this was a policy. >>> > >>> > The discussion was about how to engage more with our users and to try >>> and >>> > get more people to contribute. It was pointed out how Linux Mint do >>> it and >>> > it might be a factor in how they seem to be very successful at >>> creating and >>> > sustaining a community (#1 on http://distrowatch.com/) . >>> > >>> > I do feel that Kubuntu is in a different place now to when the policy >>> was >>> > originally drawn up, but I'm not going to waste time on something >>> no-one >>> > wants. >>> > >>> > Thanks for your feedback, >>> > Clive >>> > >>> > On Thursday, 10 November 2016 01:53:04 GMT Scott Kitterman wrote: >>> > > On Wednesday, November 09, 2016 08:27:23 PM Valorie Zimmerman wrote: >>> > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Clay Weber <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > > > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:00:48 AM EST Clive Johnston >>> wrote: >>> > > > >> There was some discussion at the end of Yakkety Yak, about maybe >>> > > > >> following >>> > > > >> the lead of Linux Mint and having a welcome screen on first run >>> which >>> > > > >> would >>> > > > >> act as a signpost to resources and places to get help or how to >>> > > > >> contribute. I personally like this idea and decided to look >>> into it. >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> I grabbing the code and hacked a bit to basically make it more >>> > > > >> Kubuntu >>> > > > >> branded and pointing to our resources. So this is were I am up >>> to. >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> https://s16.postimg.org/jngn4afb9/Kubuntu_Welcome.png >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> What do you guys think? Do you like the idea? >>> > > > >> >>> > > > >> Clive >>> > > > > >>> > > > > Kubuntu has historically refrained from having these pop up and >>> > > > > first-run >>> > > > > items, and I do not see a reason to change from this policy. >>> > > > > >>> > > > > However, having content that appears in the default Folder View >>> plasma >>> > > > > widget would be a perfect place for this. >>> > > > > >>> > > > > If this sort of item is ever to be added, then really is should >>> be >>> > > > > written >>> > > > > in qml :) >>> > > > > >>> > > > > -- >>> > > > > Clay Weber >>> > > > >>> > > > Hi Clay, I don't recall discussion of providing something like >>> this, >>> > > > in the past. Can you recall when it was discussed, and why it was >>> > > > decided against? >>> > > > >>> > > > In my opinion, the past is one data point. I'd like to see reasons >>> for >>> > > > and against. I see: >>> > > > >>> > > > Pro - increases our branding, points to help and also to ways to >>> grow >>> > > > the community >>> > > > >>> > > > Con - it is one more thing we need to maintain >>> > > >>> > > Jonathan was extremely anti first-run dialogues since I got involved >>> in >>> > > the >>> > > project. You all are, of course, free to change it, but AFAIK, >>> Kubuntu >>> > > has >>> > > been no first-run since ~the beginning. Personally, I've always >>> liked >>> > > that. >>> > > >>> > > Scott K >>> >>> >>> -- >>> kubuntu-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm >>> an/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >>> >> >> >> -- >> kubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm >> an/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >> >> > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > >
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