Group talk: Giving Guide Suggestions
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| + | How can I give someone software in a way that won't be ''more'' inconvenient than if they just got it for them self? Sounds like an awful (thoughtless) gift idea. | ||
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| + | If someone gave me the source or a binary of Gimp, I wouldn't install it. I'd use my package manager to get a version of Gimp that has been tested to work with my system. | ||
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| + | The recommendations in that section should be moved to a page for how to migrate from proprietary software to free software. [[User:Ciaran|Ciaran]] 08:49, 20 December 2012 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 09:49, 20 December 2012
The > symbol is ambiguous
The > symbol can be read as an arrow since it is in the reading direction. I would read this:
Android => iPhone
as the next step after Android is iPhone.
To minimize that ambiguity maybe we should flip it around and do < instead. So iPhone < Android.
--Tange 18:21, 16 December 2012 (EST)
- Agree with the problem. Flipping it around is better, but doesn't completely solve it either... Ciaran 08:39, 20 December 2012 (EST)
Suggestion: remove software
How can I give someone software in a way that won't be more inconvenient than if they just got it for them self? Sounds like an awful (thoughtless) gift idea.
If someone gave me the source or a binary of Gimp, I wouldn't install it. I'd use my package manager to get a version of Gimp that has been tested to work with my system.
The recommendations in that section should be moved to a page for how to migrate from proprietary software to free software. Ciaran 08:49, 20 December 2012 (EST)
