On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 09:26 +0900, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote: > On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 03:20 +0300, Zhukov Pavel wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2008 3:13 AM, Marc Wiriadisastra <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 02:59 +0300, Zhukov Pavel wrote: > > > > One of the major reasons of ubuntu success it's free cd-shipping > > > > (especially in Russia, where many people have no fast/unlimited > > > > Internet access). So I'm start to thinking about something like > > > > "Fedora Exchange" project. It can be system that can help people to > > > > find nearest fedora-user who can copy > > > > install-media/packages/local-repositories. > > > > > > > > It also can help people to find nearest linux/feodra gurus for help :) > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean something like the freemedia program. > > > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia?highlight=% > > > 28freemedia%29 > > > > > > It's done by volunteers such as tchung, me and a heap of others we all > > > try and get as many pieces of media out but it's still limited. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > -- > > > > No. I mean something like a global map, where people can post their locations. > > > > For example, i have f8 media and live in Russia. People from my city > > can have no fast/unlim lines so they can go to "Fedora exchange" page, > > locate our city and just get copies from me. > > > > It's the same thing. The only difference is that you are mailing it. > > I understand what you are saying, but we would need a significant amount > of people to carry this out. At the moment we do not have this amount of > people, we do the best we can. > > If you wanted to help people in Russia just accept requests from Russia. > I do that in Australia where I will mail only people in Australia and > because of that it works out easier for everyone else. > > The biggest number at the moment is from the USA so really if we had > another 3-4 people in the USA distributing Fedora that would lighten the > load. > > Cheers, > > Marc > India needs help as well. There used to be a few people but for some reason thats dropped off which is disappointing. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/India Cheers, Marc -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
