[Ambassadors] Urgent Matter

Tue Aug 31 01:26:46 UTC 2010

2010/8/30 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick at gmail.com>

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> 2010/8/30 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick at gmail.com>
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>> El 30 de agosto de 2010 19:03, Alejandro Pérez <aeperezt at hotmail.com>escribió:
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>> Manuel,
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>>> This is not an Ambassadors matters, but you are right about caring for
>>> users, regarding Skype many people use it but if Skype will not work
>>> with the new version of KDE, there is GNOME and it is a matter for Skype
>>> people, not Fedora, we do not package Skype. If Skype want to be ready
>>> on the Linux and KDE world they will take care of that.
>>>
>>> Fedora is for innovation as you mention, but seems like you are asking
>>> Fedora to stop doing it because of Skype. I'm sure Fedora Users that
>>> know what Fedora is about will understand.
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>>> On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 18:37 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote:
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>>> >
>>> > 2010/8/30 inode0 <inode0 at gmail.com>
>>> >         2010/8/30 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick at gmail.com>:
>>> >
>>> >         > Sorry about the shouting... As I see no ambassadors are
>>> >         interested in this
>>> >         > I'm posting my message into KDE, Skype and other forums...
>>> >         For me, the final
>>> >         > user is as important as Fedora.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >         Slight shift to something that is ambassador related ...
>>> >
>>> >         I'm curious at this point what is it about Fedora that matters
>>> >         to you?
>>> >         Why should these users use Fedora at all? What about Fedora
>>> >         draws you
>>> >         to it and makes you want to promote Fedora?
>>> >
>>> >         John
>>> >
>>> >         --
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>>> >
>>> > @John: I wrote an article that explains the answer to your question
>>> > for the Fedora LATAM Magazine,
>>> > I'm going to give a brief answer here for you:
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 1) What is about fedora that matters to me?
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>>> >
>>> > It's care for giving the Linux user the most cutting edge technology
>>> > is what has made me
>>> > a faithful follower of Fedora Linux and this same "love for
>>> > innovation" was what brought me
>>> > into the Fedora Project world, because I personally quite like
>>> > innovation, most if we're talking
>>> > about computer's technology of these days...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2) Why should these users use fedora at all?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I think because Fedora is the perfect mix between Technology and
>>> > choice,
>>> > it's free, ir's secure, it's elegant and it's capable of about
>>> > everything because of
>>> > it's community. If we can get more users involved into the project we
>>> > can give a
>>> > better service that other distros and we can have more followers that
>>> > love fedora,
>>> > because we have the greatest linux distribution in the world...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 3) What about fedora drew me to it and made me want to promote it?
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>>> >
>>> > My passion for innovation and the will to give the user Top Line
>>> > software
>>> > that is usable in their lives, For example, let me tell you an
>>> > anecdote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Here at México is an organism called IEMS, this organism provides free
>>> > High School
>>> > Education for the mexicans and they use linux as their base system...
>>> > Since years ago,
>>> > they're using Mandriva for the "General" part and for the music
>>> > session they used to use Ubuntu Studio.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Now, Since months ago, they were having problems with Ubuntu Studio,
>>> > one software they used to use didn't sound
>>> > so the students weren't able to take their music class as it was
>>> > suposed to be. Then in a Linux conference I met a Music teacher
>>> > of ONE of these schools and called me to solve the problem because no
>>> > one at that time was able to do it...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I had trouble solving their problem, but at the end, my solution was
>>> > changing Ubuntu Studio for Fedora, wich works great and now,
>>> > what started in that ONE school, is expanding: From that day, ALL
>>> > SCHOOLS of the IEMS organism are replacing Ubuntu Studio for
>>> > Fedora, and the executives and bosses are in talks to standarize ALL
>>> > computers with only one distribution: Fedora.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Is because this stories of success I've lived with this distro I'm
>>> > gonna continue working for it, I'm going to promote it
>>> > and also, I'm going to support the final user who wants to use Linux
>>> > and do not "have a headache", Because Linux is
>>> > for everyone, but not everyone finds it as easy to use as maybe you or
>>> > me find it.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > :)
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > <-Manuel Escudero->
>>> > Linux User #509052
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>> Yes, I know the solutions are:
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>> 1) Switching to Gnome
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>> 2) Stay (or downgrade in the case) to KDE 4.4
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>> 3) Wait until skype's give a solution
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>> 4) Only use 32 bit systems
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>> I do not ask fedora to stop innovation in pro of propietary software
>> (that's crazy) But I wanted you to know this because I
>> wanted to know if there's something we can do to help the user... Anyway,
>> let the time advances... The future will give us a veredict.
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>> Thank's for your answers...
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>> I've been investigating... is Fedora's problem, not skype... Fedora 13
>> does not provide a 32 bit package for the qt libraries in their "1:4.7"
>> version, only a 64 bit one, at least
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> in my package manager this is what I have, and I also have a 32 bit version
> but it's only of the "1:4.6" release... Hope you take this in count...
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> New Libraries in both architechtures seem to be present in fedora 14 and
> RPMFind says in Fedora 15 too.
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>> --
>> <-Manuel Escudero->
>> Linux User #509052
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> <-Manuel Escudero->
> Linux User #509052
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I've got the solution, thanks!! Now Skype is working and I have the lastest
32 Bit Qt libraries installed in my 64 bit Fedora 13 with KDE 4.5!! :D

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<-Manuel Escudero->
Linux User #509052
@GWave: jmlevick at googlewave.com
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