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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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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

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

You probably shouldn't be accessing a linux distro's website from mobile but yeah the site does look weird and amateur

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 40 points 7 months ago

You probably shouldn't be accessing a linux distro's website from mobile

Well how else am I going to access it, I borked my computer mid-install :P

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

Yeah, just curl it into aplay like the rest of us, jeez

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

No excuse for websites that render poorly on mobile nowadays.

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You probably shouldn't be accessing a linux distro's website from mobile

I don't think it's good to hand-wave a website's poor user experience and instead blame the user's device. The fact of the matter is that Debian's website is not as responsive as it could (imo, should) be and results in a bad user experience. With mobile traffic being responsible for over 55% of the internet's traffic, it can be generally assumed a user's first experience learning about a distro will be on a mobile device. If that first impression is bad, that can spell bad news for that distro's adoption/onboarding.

[–] sepulcher@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Looks fine to me.

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