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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What’s wrong with it?

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42 points

I mean… Gestures vaguely

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

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

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

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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

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

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No excuse for websites that render poorly on mobile nowadays.

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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.

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Looks fine to me.

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