Fedora-tour

Synopsis

• An interactive program that gives the user a "fedora-tour"
• A "Welcome to fedora/linux"
• Targeted audience:
• This is only an idea tree, not necessarily the way it will be implemented

• • New users
    • "New to fedora?"
    • info on:
      • comparison to windows interface (will have to be different for GTK and Qt)
      • apps
      • basic faq (eg "how to update?" could come under tools too)
      • tools (eg packagekit)
      • fedora community (?)
      • common bugs and fixes
      • getting help (IRC, forums, lists)
      • "join fedora"/ "come be a part" : http://fedoraproject.org/join
      • <add more>
  • General users
    • "what's new in F$release?"
      • stuff from the "new users" will fit in here too
      • how to report a bug?
  • Developers ( so basically all fedora users) is this needed??
    • "Tools galore!"
      • developer tools overview

<add more>

Todo

• Wiki Page
• Mail fedora-marketing
• Mail Fedora-design
• Blog Posts
• Decide a project structure so we know what to include in the mockup
• Set date/time for first mockup sprint
  • RyanRix needs to follow up tomorrow with parents about possible time, will ping franciscod
• Project name to be decided "fedora-tour" as place holder for time being
• Ping firstboot maintainer about changes for project
• Talk to desktop team about what interface they'd prefer (GTK / QT / Browser)
• (later) fedorahosted space once we begin to code
• Move this page to trac and set up a formal wiki page

Project Outline

Firstboot Final Page

Add check box to final form of firstboot so that user can choose whether or not to launch this.</ br> Will need to ping firstboot maintainer regarding this, make sure that they are aware of possible changes.

User: clumens, Name: Christopher Edward Lumens, email: clumens@redhat.com, Creation: 2007-04-05, IRC Nick: , Timezone: UTC, Locale: en, Extension: 5101455, GPG key ID: 530bbbb9, Status: active

Checkbox text?

• "I'm new to Fedora"
• "Tell me more about the Fedora Project"
• "Tell me more about Fedora Linux"
• "Tell me more about the Fedora Linux and the Fedora Project"
• "Take a quick tour of Fedora $release $codename"
• <insert more as they come to mind>

Main Interface

• mchua and franciscod threw around a few ideas to play with, each should be considered.
• both a GTK and a QT interface? (refer talk page)

Web Interface

• Pros:
  • Easy maintenance
• Cons:
  • Dependance on web browser
  • interface limitations

PyGTK

• Pros:
  • Faster than loading browser
  • More powerful
  • Matches appearane of default Desktop Spin
• Cons:
  • Maintenance
  • Learning curve

PyQt

• Pros:
  • Faster than loading browser
  • More powerful
• Cons:
  • Maintenance
  • Learning curve
  • May seem out of place in Desktop spin (may look better, but out of place)

Documentation

List blog posts, meeting minutes/logs, chats, etc.

3 Dec - Quick backend QA with Mel

[14:39] <zodbot> Meeting ended Thu Dec 3 21:39:02 2009 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot . [14:39] <zodbot> Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-12-03/some_backend_talk_on_fedora-tour.2009-12-03-21.23.html [14:39] <zodbot> Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-12-03/some_backend_talk_on_fedora-tour.2009-12-03-21.23.txt [14:39] <zodbot> Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-12-03/some_backend_talk_on_fedora-tour.2009-12-03-21.23.log.html

2 Dec - Meeting to discuss backend and content

11:34 < zodbot_> Meeting ended Wed Dec 2 06:00:46 2009 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot .

11:34 < zodbot_> Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-12-02/fedora-tour_backend_discussion.2009-12-02-05.11.html

11:34 < zodbot_> Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-12-02/fedora-tour_backend_discussion.2009-12-02-05.11.txt

11:34 < zodbot_> Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-12-02/fedora-tour_backend_discussion.2009-12-02-05.11.log.html

since zodbot ran off on us for a few minutes, the complete logs can also be found here

28 Nov - Meeting to discuss UI

10:32 < zodbot> Meeting ended Sat Nov 28 04:58:28 2009 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot .

10:32 < zodbot> Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-11-28/fedora-meeting.2009-11-28-04.10.html

10:32 < zodbot> Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-11-28/fedora-meeting.2009-11-28-04.10.txt

10:32 < zodbot> Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-11-28/fedora-meeting.2009-11-28-04.10.log.html

26 Nov - Ankur Blog Post "A new Fedora Project"

http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/a-new-fedora-project/

26 Nov - First Meeting

Brought up issue with mchua after discussing in #fedora-social. #startmeeting was a little after this, but we went over what the project could be, and how to go about starting and implementing it.

[23:28] <zodbot> +Meeting ended Thu Nov 26 06:28:02 2009 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot .

[23:28] <zodbot> +Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-11-26/fedora-mktg.2009-11-26-05.15.html

[23:28] <zodbot> +Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-11-26/fedora-mktg.2009-11-26-05.15.txt

[23:28] <zodbot> +Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2009-11-26/fedora-mktg.2009-11-26-05.15.log.html

Gobby log: http://rix.si/files/fedora-tour-26Nov2009.gobby.log