But I wanted to point out that this is a spot to be careful about decisions. The natural choice is to pick a default that you like yourself, but that's probably a choice that would ultimately hinder adoption of Linux as a desktop OS.
Geeks like a faster setting, but geeks also universally know that this sort of thing can be customized, and can easily figure out how to change it. Non-geeks are more likely to find a fast setting to be frustrating or unusable, and are also less likely to know that they have an option to slow it down.
But I wanted to point out that this is a spot to be careful about decisions. The natural choice is to pick a default that you like yourself, but that's probably a choice that would ultimately hinder adoption of Linux as a desktop OS.
Geeks like a faster setting, but geeks also universally know that this sort of thing can be customized, and can easily figure out how to change it. Non-geeks are more likely to find a fast setting to be frustrating or unusable, and are also less likely to know that they have an option to slow it down.