On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Luke Macken <lmacken@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <SNIP> > > Right, spins are much more than just a subset of packages. Sure, you > have the base desktop spins like xfce, lxde, gnome, moblin, sugar, kde, > but you also have higher level spins built on top of those. These > spins, such the electronics lab, security lab, or the design suite, are > custom molded operating systems designed to lower the bar for > accomplishing a common subset of tasks, by not only providing custom > menus and defaults, but ideally by fostering a community of contributers > and users that are passionate about using Fedora to solve many different > types of problems. > > I don't see spins as being a detriment to Fedora, actually quite the > opposite. I see them as helping us cultivate a variety of > sub-communities that help to make it easy to do incredible things with > Fedora. With these these sub-communities each with their own clearly > defined goals, the question of our unified "Target Audience" disappears, > as we now have many. > > luke > _______________________________________________ > advisory-board mailing list > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board > +1 -AdamM -- http://maxamillion.googlepages.com --------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
