From freedom came elegance. It has deeper meaning. From the freedom of the Linux environment came something effective and simple (one meaning of "elegance"). It's true. The "keep it simple" standard is what pulls people away from Windows - to Mac or Linux. Honestly, Ubuntu is a mess to look at. I look at it and see buttons and bars all over. A couple years ago when I dived into Linux with several distros it was Ubuntu that turned me off of Gnome - well Fedora 8 "Werewolf" had a hand in that too. So I started looking at KDE based distros. But even Kubuntu was horrible. PCLinuxOS was bad and I could break it too easily. I stumbled upon openSUSE 10.3 and was happy. I kind of gave up though until recently. I tried openSUSE 11.2 and confused it is a mess and KDE is now crap IMO.mesanna wrote:I must admit I've never liked the slogan. I mean, what is it really saying? "You've tried all the other distros, now use this one cos it looks 'elegant'?" You should choose a distro based on how it looks? Is that the message Mint wants to send? Sorry if that sounds harsh and critical, I don't mean it to be, but the slogan just never spoke to me.
"Linux for human beings" on the other hand says to me "this is linux for ordinary people, not computer nerds, so why don't you try it". I think it's a great slogan, given that that is Ubuntu's target audience. And the irony is, that Mint is even easier to use than Ubuntu.
Marketing is not really my thing. I'm just a straight-talking kinda gal! Maybe something along the lines of "Linux Mint. For free spirits" It's got that cool bohemian thing with a reference to open source. OK, I'm not given up the day job anytime soon!!
Mesanna
Out of the box? Linux Mint is both simple yet extremely effective. It's menu is by far the easiest to navigate coming from a Windows user. Things are where they should be. I don't get lost with menu under menu under menu like I do with openSUSE 11.2 and confused at the purple (ugh!) mess that is Ubuntu 10.04. Linux is designed cleanly and has a nice selection of wallpapers to help pull you in and make you say, "Wow, they put some effort into this. I like it!"
From freedom came elegance. I like the current slogan quite a bit.