[bitsnpcs]

[member=5059]whateverthing[/member] 

Yes I am using LL 3.2

[Vera]

My question is, what parts (knowing each distribution is different) do you consider more aimed at males? This information would help me and probably any other developer. Another question, is it programs or themes that are effecting a sort of negative attitude? Any criticism is constructive.

Wow! Such a great question! As a female I'd like to have a go at answering this question too.

I tried out a few distros from live media but the only one I fully installed was Linux Lite. With that limitation in mind (i.e. I've not tried out a bunch of distros), there were some distros that were off-putting, but possibly not for the "maleness" in terms of design that you might be thinking of. What did put me off one of the distros I was considering (which I will not name here for fear of starting a distro-war argument) was its forum, which was full of people saying stuff along the lines of "if you don't do it my way, you're an idiot". I figured that whatever distro I picked, at some point I'd have questions, and I'd like to be surrounded by nice, reasonable, people in the forum. In that sense I think that is perhaps more of a female requirement - to be influenced strongly by social factors.

In fact, [member=6925]RandomBoy[/member]  was an excellent ambassador for LL on Diaspora (where I first asked ppl for recommendations for what distro to use). I had never heard of LL before that. He was a voice of sensible reason, and I thought, hey, this distro seems to have some good people in it. I should really look into this distro, it might be sensible and balanced like the people.

At the same time, I don't want to downplay the excellent technical abilities of LL. As nice as everyone is on the forum, I wouldn't pick a distro solely based on that behavior if it didn't fit my technical needs. But LL supplied everything - in fact, it stood out compared to others that I tried on live media, because some others were packed with extra software that I didn't need. While LL clearly came with everything I needed and nothing that I didn't. I figured anything else I wanted to install, I could do so later down the track, but all the basics were there, and it was easy to use.

The other thing I cared about was release schedule. LL was one of the few that had a clear release cycle and support end dates posted. I don't know if that's a particularly female perspective or not, but I felt, I don't know, kind of "safer" with a distro like that, like it was clear that it was run sensibly and professionally.

I don't know if that completely answers your question, and I don't know if my answers are typical of other females or not, but that's how it is from my perspective. It was awesome that you asked that question, BTW.  :)

[bitsnpcs]

[member=6960]Vera[/member] great post :)

[supergamer]

Thank you [member=6960]Vera[/member] for you answers. I am in a bind for a couple of months as both of my daughters are getting married. I understand the "do it my way or else" way of thinking. I self taught myself Linux from getting free install disk on Mandrake. Learning how to do things for myself, I didn't learn how to do it the "correct" way. I didn't learn the "correct" way until I got my cyber security degree. By then I had already released 4 iso's. So in all this rambling, getting constructive criticism never hurts.

[Shanti]

[member=8093]Shanti[/member] Your comment about children's stories surprised me. You heard stories when you were young about using computers? With details about the operating systems? I would like to hear more about that.

Thank you again!

[member=5059]whateverthing[/member]
Yes bedtime stories, and at other times. Close your eyes, they tell a story not from a book, a "framework" , in the mind it is like disney pixar thought environment I made as I was young.
One of the base foundations are vcs, that is -
visualizing, creating, sending . Or - see it in your thoughts, make it, share it.
Common things are you talk about how you are designing the space, the space is a community, when you do a project, sometimes the storyteller may later give hints or they tell you about one of the others, and what they have added to it and why, the idea seed about "collaboration".
To communicate to them in their space you use a system (computer), the computer was built designed and had an operating system made by collaboration by the storytellers. Its looks, desktop and the outside of the computer are exactly how you want it, how you imagine it.
These are not real communities or real computers or real operating systems, they are a story, it is also training and exercise in thought, this makes you happy and sleepy.
The words like open source and Linux were not spoken , it is the idea of these, delivered to a child in a way they can see the principles of why it exists.
Later when you actually hear of the words open source Linux community, collaboration, you know when it is explained that you have known these things exist for a long time.

[bitsnpcs]

[member=5059]whateverthing[/member] 

Yes I am using LL 3.2

to re-answer your question with current stats I am using LL 3.0, the icons are the same it seems as it is also LL 3 series.

[bitsnpcs]

Writing only for myself, I abandon this thread and won't be answering any further questions in it.
It is for each woman to make their own choice what they want to do.

[Shanti]

Writing only for myself, I abandon this thread and won't be answering any further questions in it.
It is for each woman to make their own choice what they want to do.

I also opt out of this thread.