Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: >> --- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Antonio Olivares wrote: >>>> Rahul, >>>> >>>> Also keep in mind that Fedora should not be >>>> competing with Ubuntu. >>> Did I ever say it has to? I am not the one doing the >>> comparisons. Other folks are. All I am pointing is that not all >>> packages are available in the media in the distribution that Fedora >>> is being >>> compared to and I think it's a valid point >>> >> No, you did not say that it has to. However the >> spins generated were attempted to compete with Ubuntu >> + Ubuntu Family. > > It would be better if people actually asked instead of continuously > assuming things like that. It was done because Fedora users kept asking > for it. Go look at the archives for the number of times people have > asked for Live CD's. So here is why the spins make sense for Fedora: > > Before the merge, Fedora Core was available in the media and Fedora > Extras was not. Fedora Live CD's were a repeatedly requested feature too. > > So the "Fedora" spin was created to provide a good upgrade path and > similar experience for users used to previous Fedora Core releases. When > live images was created it doesn't have space to hold all the packages > and a limited sub set with GNOME was created. Since there is a focus on > enabling KDE integrating to be better someone volunteered to create a > KDE Live images which was accepted. > > Since all the tools to create a distribution and live images are > available as Free and open source software in the Fedora repository > anyone can create their own custom spins and that has become a highlight > for this release. > > Nothing to do with competing with any distribution. > > Rahul Rahul, We have an expression where I come from - "Damned if you. Damned if you don't." ;-) -- David
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