Quoting Meyer, David R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I have been watching this thread with some interest. It has been
fascinating to see the different responses. While I can not read
Tagalog or any other dialect from the Philippines (I'm in the US married
to a Filipina) I have noticed that the tone of this list is friendly,
even when disagreements fly...and it comes down to attitudes, which I
believe, as pointed out earlier, is what makes a distro.
Hehe, ngayon alam ko na kung bakit mas gusto ng mga Hapon
at Intsik na gamitin ang wika nila. ;)
Anyway I believe the Filipino culture thought us to be
friendly and cool. We're all here to learn and help each
other. Haha mainggit sila. Bayanihan spirit lives!
Bayanihan to me, is Red Hat 8.0 with a different flash screen, different
icons, and a tux that makes me laugh. It's a friendly distro with an
attitude. The ONLY thing I don't like about it (actually there are two
things) is that:
1. Red Hat 8.0 autodetected my ethernet card and set it up, while
Bayanihan did not.
2. When I went to install Red Hat 9.0, it didn't see the Bayanihan
Linux, it saw Red Hat 8.0
The developers are also reading this, so I bet that will be
fixed soon.
Bayanihan is, in my mind, very representative of the people of the
Philippines...friendly. My kids (5, 3 & 2) all got a kick out of it.
My friends who saw it thought it was not as "geeky" as other Linux
distros they had seen. It has an attitude that says "Don't be afraid of
me" and it is fun.
If I had to change anything, make sure Red Hat doesn't see it as Red
Hat...other than that, I like it.
Considering the project is just over a year old, and is just
in its second major release (1.0, 1.1, 2.0), IMO, because of
Bayanihan's accomplishments, its developers are worthy of
medals. Bayanihan is still young and suggestions like yours
will help it mature even faster.
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