Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 31st May 2007 17:46 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Fedora 7 has been released. The release features GNOME 2.18, KDE 3.5.6, fast user switching, hotplugging of display devices, a new theme, kvm, the exprimental Nouveau driver, and much more. Read the release notes, and download or view screenshots.
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IMHO, Linux (and the rest of the non-Windows bunch) should -not- fight over joe-six-pack. The added value of getting joe-six-pack's home computer to use Linux is minute compared to the efforts required to get there. We (as in the community) should fight over the IT and enthusiasts market share.
Get them, and they push Linux (*BSD, OSX and Solaris) into their workplace/home/parent's computer/etc for us.
Get them, and they push Linux (*BSD, OSX and Solaris) into their workplace/home/parent's computer/etc for us.
Right on.
Hear hear!
The thing is, though, those parties involved in the Linux business whose business model is (totally legit) to conquer the corporate/desktop market via the desktop (Canonical, for instance), *will* "fight over joe-six-pack".
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2005-07-06
OSX bunch is wierd combo.
On one end you've got people that bought the machine because it's cool (or has a very cool interface), on the other hand you have computer literate people who got fed up by Windows or, like my sister, require MAC's unique capabuilities for work. (E.g. computer graphics).
As Windows, don't forget that most people just get it pre-installed with their machine, and never touch it again. (Unless it breaks, and then they pay someone to fix it).
It's not a matter of being open-minded or not.
E.g. my parents... They use Windows because, well, I bought it with the computer and installed it. (Mostly because there are way-too-many-IE-only sites in Israel).
Like 90% of the windows users out there, they don't really care if it Linux or Windows... they just need to work.
When the IE problem finally gets resolved (Will it? - AFAIK Microsoft is putting a lot of $$$ to get major sites to use IIS and IE-related tools... I wonder why...) I'll replace Windows with Linux, and given past experience I have in switching people to Linux, if done right, it will be less painful then switching to Vista.
IMHO, Linux (and the rest of the non-Windows bunch) should -not- fight over joe-six-pack. The added value of getting joe-six-pack's home computer to use Linux is minute compared to the efforts required to get there. We (as in the community) should fight over the IT and enthusiasts market share.
Get them, and they push Linux (*BSD, OSX and Solaris) into their workplace/home/parent's computer/etc for us.
- Gilboa