[Mageia-discuss] guessing

[Dj Marian]

Hello,

from former updates or package selections
if you have mdv installed for one year and you only choose some packages
keep a record of what is not selected (not wanted) on the system by the user
based on these things it could guess you don´t want everything to show up on 
your screen
and i think some users might benefit if they would have less packages to choose 
from, the new users...
when i first installed mdv (last year after i deleted mdv 2008 from my netbook) 
i needed some programs i looked for them in ´install and remove software´ and 
some were confusing me...

so by keeping a large scale record of what users usually select, a default 
guessing can be forced on every user on fresh install (the buttons show more 
and/or show less would be good for someone who doesn´t like the idea of being 
forced to accept something), after let´s say 100 installed packages the user´s 
selection profile can start to be clear
if he only selects gui packages, it´s clear he doesn´t want other ones on the 
screen
also if he has a profile on the mageia website, the profile could save the 
user´s packages clicks online
when he logs in, mageia could just download his former profile without asking 
(or maybe asking is good)
also if the user suddenly is a better linux user and for another 100 clicks he 
selects all kinds of packages, the former 2000 clicks should have less influence 
on what appears on the screen, than the last 100 clicks

while updating, maybe he never chooses and always updates everything... in this 
case a button ´install all updates´ as a tooltip near the clock instead of the 
mdv usual would be faster, painless, and appreciated by a new user who has no 
idea and doesn´t care what would be best for him to update

Dan.



      
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