[TriLUG] Open Source Empowerment

[Roy Vestal]

First, I don't read /.

I heard some grumblings a few weeks ago so I started checking out
fedora.redhat.com. I started looking at how it's migrating from a consumer
model to a beta style model (in my mind at least), similar to what
staroffice/openoffice has done. For an app that may be ok, but for a distro,
I'm not sure.

I've been reading the website but no I haven't had a chance to try it. As in
a previous email, I will most definitely be checking fedora, and I hope that
I'm pleasantly surprised AND that my assumptions of the distro are wrong.

One of my concerns is that I've been able to "sell" if you will Linux based
on the structure of the Red Hat of old. Easy updates (up2date, apt-rpm,
etc), ease of distribution/installation, clean/sleek look ( I personally
LIKE BlueCurve), and even the "bleeding-edge" approach to some newer drivers
for newer hardware.

>From what I've read on www.redhat.com and fedora.redhat.com, I'm not sure
about the change. I'm not sure I understand how it's going to work, much
less answer questions.

That's the frustration, change. Yup, that's it, I'm human and I don't like
mucking with a good thing. I personally like the Red Hat of old, I just hope
I like the new one. I really do.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Portzer" <jeremyp at pobox.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Open Source Empowerment
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 09:57, Roy Vestal wrote:
> I agree. My point is I had looked at all the distros at the time,
slackware,
> debian, red hat, mandrake, peanut, etc...(before gentoo, sorry Lee) and I
> decided I liked Red Hat. I've learned it, I've developed a reputation
> because of it, I've "converted" folks from other Intel based OS's because
I
> was able to show it's model as "ease-of-use". This has changed. Now if I
> keep red hat, I have to change.

How does the change of marketing models make Red Hat less easy to use?
I don't understand how the decision to make RHL less commerical, and
into more of a community-driven open source project, affects its
technical qualities.

> It's not that I do or don't have the choice. That's been solid. It's that
> I'm being FORCED to change or choose another. That I DON'T like.

What is forcing you?  Why can't you continue to use the Red Hat
"sequence" of products -- Red Hat Linux 9 followed by Fedora Core 1?
Have you even tried FC1 yet?  It hasn't been released, though an updated
test release is pretty close to the release version (I'm running it
here.)

Why base your technical decisions on /. FUD ?

--Jeremy

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