[Ambassadors] about myself

[Arun Kumar]

thanks for replying sir... i will look into these matters too :)
regards
Arun Kumar
On 1/15/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Arun Kumar wrote:
> > hello everyone.... i recently joined fedora ambassador's group and
> > updated my profile too....
> > let me introduce myself...
> > my name is Arun Kumar a final yr Computer Engg. student. i got selcted
> > in TCS and they hav offered me the job of computer
> > consultancy(assistant system engg.).....
> > i like fedora very much ... infact i hav just almost given up using
> > windows.... i joined fedora ambassador group coz i wanna tell ppl how
> > good fedora is ....
> > but everytime when i asked ppl that hav they ever tried fedora than
> > most of them replies yes they do but they are always in doubt abt
> > fedora....
> > the major one is abt playing mp3...
>
> See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy. Granted
> this isnt going to make the problem disappear but it puts it somewhere
> on the level of say Flash where it is trivially easy to install them
> that nobody complains about it anymore.
>
> > and the other one is abt they can't able to connect internet through
> > fedora...
> > i know there must be some problem with their network settings but as
> > we all know if ppl get something, doesn't matter whether it's free or
> > not...they want it to work perfectly... they want everthing to be
> > settled down by itself...and according to me this is still amongst the
> > major problem that's  y ppl are still not using fedora in myriad
> > number(in comparison to windows).....
> > so i hav decided that i m going to tell ppl abt the solutions of these
> > problems too....
> > wud love to hear from all of u too .....
>
> I havent heard of inability to do network settings as a common issue.
> Well if incorrect network settings are the real issue, I am not sure we
> can do much beyond what we do tools like system-config-network or
> Network Manager but there is a broad topic especially if you consider
> dial up connections with their own dialers, Wireless with non
> redistributable firmware etc.
>
> We are trying to get more vendors to make their firmware atleast
> redistributable. There is progress with example some of the Intel ones
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureWirelessFirmware
>
> Rahul
>
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