[Ambassadors] Help me: Fedora vs. Ubuntu

[Juan M. Rodriguez]

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:54 PM, inode0 <inode0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Kamin Horvath <mohaas05 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I started off with Fedora at first due to its heritage (before I used Red
> > Hat Linux), but now I see that Ubuntu often tries too hard to appeal to
> the
> > masses.
>
> How does Ubuntu try too hard to appeal to the masses? Spreading free
> software to the "masses" seems to be a core goal of Ubuntu and, given
> that, they should try as hard as they can to do it.
>
> > Fedora really conveys the true spirit of Linux and open source
> > software.
>
> While I can heartily endorse the spirit of Fedora, I think the
> implication that Ubuntu doesn't share the "true spirit" is a bit
> unfair. When it comes to the Fedora foundations of Freedom and Friends
> I see the same at the heart of the Ubuntu community.
>
> Ubuntu is largely derived from another distribution, this makes it
> quite different from Fedora and it makes many of the usual comparisons
> problematic. I often hear about the large contribution that the Fedora
> community makes upstream. That is something to be very proud of
> indeed. Expecting a distribution largely derived from another to match
> Fedora in this regard I don't think is realistic or fair. The Features
> and First foundations flow from this relationship between Fedora and
> the upstream communities.
>
> > It doesn't include features to please it's fanbase or to make it
> > like certain products (specifically those originating from Redmond,
> > Washington), it does so because it fits the mission of the project.
>
> Well, I'm not quite sure what you mean by the reference to Redmond
> there. Fedora includes features its users want and features that its
> developers feel will drive the computing of tomorrow. And these
> features sometimes directly relate to the products coming out of
> Redmond.
>
> I'm quite in agreement with Larry on this general topic. I would
> encourage ambassadors to be eager to explain to anyone about the great
> qualities of the Fedora community and highlight its accomplishments.
> Say what is good about Fedora every chance you get to all who will
> listen. But I would also discourage ambassadors from trying to
> characterize what we might perceive to be the shortcomings of any
> other community. I don't feel it is our place to do that and I don't
> think it presents us in the best light. Of course every ambassador
> gets to make this decision, but try to say "Fedora is great because
> ..." without the "and distro X is not great because ..."
>
> John "getting down from his soapbox"
>
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I completely agree.

My previous comment, I only gave out to some people. My standard response is
that every Linux distro is a different flavor of Icecream. There is no one
flavor that everyone likes (I like with Choco-Mint).

So, yeah, highlight our features, not the features other distros lack.

-- 
Ing. Juan M. Rodriguez Moreno
Desarrollador de Sistemas Abiertos
Sitio: http://proyectofedora.org/mexico
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