Well, I suppose it's just a matter of preference then? Firstly, I didn't have a problem with the selection at all. Since English & German are both native to me, it didn't make a difference to me which of the two languages I would be dealing with. And nobody, or at least not me, is taking anything away from the MX Toolset. Certainly that's something to be very proud of. BUT ... those people who are already familiar with MX Linux or Antix, are more than likely already aware of those features. My point of view, which I thought I made clear, was strictly from the new user / Windows switcher / first time installer ... point of view. For those people, would it not make more sense to have the language feature right up there from the get-go?
How would that diminish the MX Toolset?
Of course it was, come on. There was nothing on the table to discuss so we explained how it works.
I would think that any thread which begins with ... REQUEST ... would make it obvious that that word invites a discussion.
In the end I suppose it all comes down to current perception of an OS as well as the "happiness factor" of those who are and have been using that OS already. My point of view is different and it's derived from the thinking of (for lacker of better words) ...
OMG, MX Linux is so friggen out of this World wonderful, how can I get everyone else who's never had Linux before, especially inexperienced or people with older hardware, to use it?
To answer that question, everything on the screen would have to be kept as simple and automatic as possible.
Probably around 98% of the world didn't give a hoot about computing until Mac & Windows were there, showing everyone how things can be done with pretty little symbolic pictures and clickable points everywhere on the screen. I remember the first office suite that I used in the early 90s, and thinking instantly what a massive improvement that was over DOS based word perfect. Heck, even DEC and other companies followed suit by creating their own DEC Windows, Alpha, etc. Operating Systems. It's all about point n click prettiness ... combined with whatever work needs to be done,
after the eyeballs have already been drawn in. That's how it works for most new or first time users anyway. So if you can get peoples eyes to light up because of how cool things look, followed by blowing people away by the easy partially automated installation process ... then the battle to win people over has already been mostly won. The remainder then simply becomes a matter of personal preference ... but at least the pot of general interest first been thoroughly stirred.
That's a good thing !!!
I create my own individual help files anyway, so in the long run I suppose it doesn't matter what you do with the installation process as it first appears on the screen. I provide people with two different types of setups. Mint XFCE for newer machines with decent hardware (dual-core and better processors with 4 GB min. RAM), and MX Linux for older machines with 32bit or single core 64bit processors. The language thing with MX Linux only bothered me way after the fact, once I realized that there's a lot of translation left to do, even after I already changed the language settings. What's the point of changing those settings ... if they're not seamlessly & systemwide available afterwards? That's definitely an unexpected flaw, for which I offer my assistance if needed.
Sorry if I'm writing too much for some people. I believe in thoroughness and I don't like for things to be misunderstood.
PEACE
