Better categorize Organic Maps in Linux launchers #8209
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The “Utility” category is a better fit for OM than “Education” in launchers like KDE’s Kickoff. Signed-off-by: Adolfo Jayme-Barrientos <fitojb@ubuntu.com>
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| Categories=Maps;Education;Geography;Geoscience;Qt; | |||
| Categories=Maps;Utility;Geography;Geoscience;Qt; | |||
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As mentioned earlier flathub/app.organicmaps.desktop#32 (comment),
I see this change contrary to the trends, and to what the average map user would expect.
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To me, an “education” app is Stellarium. Organic Maps fulfils a very different role in my life, as I use it for commuting to work and home and to travel. None of these use cases fit the “education” category in my mind.
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More discoverability by users with the goal of attracting active contributors with the goal of building a more usable Linux version with the goal of making Linux users happy is preferred.
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Organic Maps fulfils a very different role in my life, as I use it for commuting to work and home and to travel
If you do all that on Linux, then big kudos for beta (alpha) testing. In that sense this change indeed better represents the ideal state. I just hope that we don't disappoint too many future potential users, who rely on us as a literal Utility, too early, before some major shortcomings are ironed out.
Signed-off-by: Adolfo Jayme-Barrientos <fitojb@ubuntu.com>
The “Utility” category is a better fit for OM than “Education” in launchers like KDE’s Kickoff.
Motivation: https://t.me/organicmaps/40667