--- Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 19:04 -0800, Antonio Olivares > wrote: > > > > --- Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 21:38, John Summerfied > wrote: > > > > > > > Today, I suggest that > > > > If you want stability and support, buy RHEL in > the > > > appropriate flavour > > > > If you want stability and cheap, download one > of > > > the EL clones such as > > > > TAO, CENTOS, WBEL (are there more?) > > > > If you want the latest and can bear the > occasional > > > breakage, use Fedora > > > > Core 4. > > > > If you don't care for stability and/or want to > > > help refine things, > > > > Fedora Core 5 beta (maybe blend in some > rawhide?) > > > is for you. > > > > > > But realistically, what people want is > close-to-the > > > latest plus > > > some stuff that none of the above includes, like > > > mplayer, xine, > > > xmms with mp3 support, java, flash and the > browser > > > plugins for > > > them, etc., so you want FC3 or FC4 with all > current > > > updates > > > and a bunch of 3rd party packages. It can be > done, > > > but > > > it's not necessarily pretty. > > > > > > > Very well said. Users want a product that just > works > > straight out without having to "search, yum their > way, > > compile their way", etc with all the great stuff > > " > > mplayer, xine, > > xmms with mp3 support, java, flash and the > browser > > plugins for > > them, etc. > > " > > > > and since Red Hat is "releasing"/"has released" > Fedora > > on its own, why not have all these things within > > Fedora. No more trademarks/patents other > difficulties > > to get what users want. What is holding Fedora > Back > > now? > ---- > licensing restrictions - which of course has nothing > to do with Red > Hat's involvement or non-involvement with Fedora. > ---- Ok! We can still get all the goodies, no problem a little bit of work. I can live with that, but other people want the cake and eat it too. Thank you for the explanation. I thought that the Fedora Foundation upon release from Red Hat's grip, would allow for inclusion of the programs that could not be added because of licensing issues. > > By the way is this the longest thread of the year, > or > > will it be Peter Whalley, petsupermarket.uol.br > > Enquiring minds want to know. > ---- > who cares? Just a curiosity! No damage or hard feelings intended. :) > > Craig > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Best Regards, Antonio __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
