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What could your distro learn from another distro? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by pmk@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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For example, I'm using Debian, and I think we could learn a thing or two from Mint about how to make it "friendlier" for new users. I often see Mint recommended to new users, but rarely Debian, which has a goal to be "the universal operating system".
I also think we could learn website design from.. looks at notes ..everyone else.

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[–] Kuvwert@lemm.ee 37 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Just installed Debian today. Jesus the site/wiki is ugly

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago (14 children)

What's wrong with it?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 42 points 7 months ago (13 children)

I mean... Gestures vaguely

Debian wiki screenshot

[–] Epzillon@lemmy.ml 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean, I'm a web dev and that looks completely normal.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Its missing tons of images, CSS and unnecessary frameworks. So no, it is not normal

[–] Epzillon@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Sorry if my irony wasn't too obvious. It certainly is not supposed to look that way. There are a lot of pages all over the internet that function just as garbage as this, especially on mobile. That's why I meant it looks "normal" as in not out of the ordinary.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For me it's mostly that the site sprawls in unintuitive ways. It's possible to have a simple look while being easy to navigate, for example (and this is subjective, but still) https://www.openbsd.org/

[–] YaBoyMax@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I miss when this style of website was more popular for software projects. There are plenty of projects with modern websites that still manage to do it well, but there's just something about the instant familiarity that comes with that type of layout.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

I know what you mean, I remember when debians website was like this: https://web.archive.org/web/20021122032757/http://www.debian.org/

Is it just a generation thing, or is it objectively easiler to navigate?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I don't even see any video or infinite-scrolling pages.

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