On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 01:17 +0100, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: > > 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. ---- Fedora is committed to using free software that isn't encumbered by various copyrights/licenses. This page may be useful in terms of understanding Fedora philosphy regarding many of the things you are interested in. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items Some of them are indeed handled by third party repositories such as rpmfusion, atrpms and others. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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
