+1. I too have experienced this. On 29-Dec-2014 10:40 AM, "Trupti Kini" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > -- > marketing mailing list > [email protected] > List info or to change your subscription: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >
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