I agree and +1 for this
*Regards,* Trupti Kini Research Assistant, FOSSEE Aerospace lab, IIT Bombay http://fossevangelist.blogspot.in/ On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Madhurjya Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, this is quite frustrating. And it's not just reviews, even > some new users say so. I installed Fedora on one of my friend's laptop > trying to convince him that it is much better than his illegal copy of > Windows 7. > > Guess what? He called me two days later saying that he couldn't find > any good software on the GNOME software center. He was also unable to > watch his movies or listen to his MP3 music. I told him over the phone > to follow the instructions on rpmfusion's website and install the > repository. But he couldn't, he'd never even seen a command line > before and so, he messed up. He later brought it to me and I installed > rpmfusion (for VLC Media Player and the other non-free software he > would need) and also loaded WINE (something a Windows user for years > would probably need). He hasn't complained since and now he says that > he likes the new look. You might say that my friend is dumb but aren't > all NORMAL *Windows/OS X* users like this? > > I started my journey on Linux with Ubuntu and since then I have > switched to Fedora. I still have Ubuntu on my home PC, though. I was a > NORMAL Windows user at first and I have struggled too! Well, I agree > that the struggle was worth the new things that I got to learn but we > must realise that there are people (most of the people) just need to > get their job done. > > This is where I think Linux distros should put a bit more effort. > People still relate Linux to developers, sysadmins and servers. I do > embrace Open Source projects and Fedora's freeness, but what I do > believe is that a simple button on the software center to enable repos > like rpmfusion (just for those who want) shouldn't hurt. A simple step > like that could make the OS more appealing to a potentially huge > market and maybe someday Linux would overtake OS X or even Windows in > terms of popularity. > > Please be aware that I am just trying to put the common people's > viewpoint. This is just an opinion and not any sort of destructive > criticism! > Last, I would like to express my sincere apologies, in case I have > offended someone. > > Regards, > Madhurjya Roy > > > On 28/12/2014, Scott Dowdle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Full review on > >> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20141222#fedora > > > > Almost every Fedora review for the past umteen years has ended with this > > type of summary (I paraphrase): > > > > "Fedora is great but they don't include all of the proprietary stuff you > > want." > > > > Even the Linux Action Show, with all of their praise for Fedora... > > complained that even though using the third-party rpmfusion repo is > easier > > than ever... more proprietary stuff is built for Ubuntu(-based) than > > Fedora... so they just can't install all of the proprietary software like > > they want. Argh. It is so frustrating. > > > > Sometimes I just feel that we can't win. :( Oh, and no I don't want to > > abandon free software ethics to fix those issues... not that Red Hat > legal > > would let us even if we wanted to. > > > > TYL, > > -- > > Scott Dowdle > > 704 Church Street > > Belgrade, MT 59714 > > (406)388-0827 [home] > > (406)994-3931 [work] > > -- > > marketing mailing list > > [email protected] > > List info or to change your subscription: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > -- > marketing mailing list > [email protected] > List info or to change your subscription: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
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