Sorry for the sweeping generalizations, but: Your last couple posts ar saying, in effect, "in Ubuntu, I used $METHOD to accomplish $USER_TASK. How can Fedora replicate the $METHOD I used in Ubuntu? "
Hi Pete,
You might run into some trouble, because the two distributions have different $METHODS. There is an important distinction to be made between the end goal (putting videos on a tablet) and the method used to do it (installing Miro, for example.) I'm concerned that instead of reviewing Fedora, you will end up reviewing your ability to turn Fedora into Ubuntu. Your struggle with the apparently unneeded fedora-utils and proprietary nvidia drivers are evidence of the kind of bias I hope your writing doesn't include.
I totally understand and admit that coming for Ubuntu I have migrated quite a lot of users from Windows to GNU/Linux. These are average users who don't know much about computers and don't need to. So, I am looking for ways how to help them and help me in using Fedora. I am trying to avoid every possible scope for any flameware here as that's not the goal. I am new to fedora and of course I will look at it from the point I am familiar with.
I am learning every day. For example now I managed to make my dual monitor work without installing Nvidia drivers.
I also understand that Fedora's audience may be different than the Ubuntu's audience. This is an area where I am confused. I think Fedora is targeted at more advanced users, so I will refrain from recommending it to average users. I was under impression that may be due to recent marketing on fedora home page the target audience changed. I have not spoken with any Fedora guy for ages ever since I stopped working for the LFY magazine.
I don't want to put words in your mouth, but : Instead of saying "installing nvidia drivers was very difficult, and broke my installation so badly I had to reinstall" one could say "fedora doesn't package drivers, such as the proprietary Nvidia binaries, that it does not have the rights to redistribute, but the default open source driver worked well for me." Instead if saying "I had to use a 3rd party utility to install flash" you could say "Fedora doesn't include flash, but after a week I found I was glad to be rid of it." See the difference?
That's interesting as I wrote a piece about how to install flash in Fedora. http://www.muktware.com/articles/2917
I'm going to assume that your impression of Fedora has been impacted by this list as well. I hope the list members are aware they are representing our community here, and I hope that you, Swampil, realize that you have not been providing enough information in your postings to receive the full benefit of support the knowledgeable list members here have to offer.
I will improve and try my best to polish my queries before posting. Thanks for your suggestions. Will keep in mind. Swapnil -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
