It’s part of “what should we do with Labs and Spins?” — specifically, the Labs part. “Spins” are basically desktop-environment technology showcases. “Labs” are use-focused. And, fifteen years ago, “Labs” was literal — take some LiveCDs (or later, USB sticks) to a computer lab, boot up Fedora Design Suite on twenty computers, teach a class on using Inkscape and other open source tools.
But now, that boot-to-a-specialized-selection-of-software case is much less relevant. But, we’ve still got something neat with Fedora Design Suite, Fedora Jam, Fedora Robotics Lab, Compneuro. How can we present these curated selections of open source software in a way that’s useful and relevant?
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More on the rest tomorrow. Still thinking about it. 