About Fedora free media

[Anuj More]

In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I mean
personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
(Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
Chip/Digit/Others)

That was when I thought:

Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no way
for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a distribution
on other distributions.

Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.

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[Frank Murphy]

On 21/07/10 14:29, Anuj More wrote:

>  Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is
> no
>  way for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a
>  distribution on other distributions. 
It would give the wrong message I believe.

--Rant--

What we have at the moment is 40+
Freemedia Volunteers from India , I can tell you we do not see 80+ 
Freemedia tickets, being taken up by same.
If that could be improved,
it may reduce the 200 requests per month untaken.

--Rant over--

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Frank Murphy
UTF_8 Encoded
Friend of Fedora

[Ivan Pacheco Martinez]

2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;

>  In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I
> mean
>  personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
>  Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
>  (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
>  Chip/Digit/Others)
>
>  That was when I thought:
>
>  Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no
>  way for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a
>  distribution on other distributions.
>
>  Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.
>  

tThere is always a way to get Fedora, I think.


Ivan Pacheco Martínez
Fedora Ambassador - Mexico
http://ivan.pachekosystems.es



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[susmit shannigrahi]

2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I
> mean
>  personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
>  Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
>  (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
>  Chip/Digit/Others)
>
>  That was when I thought:
>
>  Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no way
>  for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a distribution
>  on other distributions.
>
>  Just a casual question. Popped up into my head. 
Please point them to

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/LocalVendors

Prices are really low (as for India, it starts from 30INR).

HTH.
Thanks.


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[Anuj More]

That is exactly the kind of reply I was looking for. Some of the links are
not working, but we surely can let the guys do something about that.

Rs30 - 50 is really cheap indeed.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:39 PM, susmit shannigrahi <
thinklinux.ssh(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  > In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I mean
>  > personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
>  > Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
>  > (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
>  > Chip/Digit/Others)
>  >
>  > That was when I thought:
>  >
>  > Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no
>  way
>  > for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a
>  distribution
>  > on other distributions.
>  >
>  > Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.
>
>  Please point them to
>
>  [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors
>  [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/LocalVendors
>
>  Prices are really low (as for India, it starts from 30INR).
>
>  HTH.
>  Thanks.
>
>
>  --
>  Regards,
>  Susmit.
>
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[dilip khanolkar]

My opinion on this would be that we should only distribute as much as
we can do. If we cannot then we can only advice them about ubuntu if
they are familiar with it. As this advising them on another OS
shouldnt actually also route there technical queries on to us (i mean
we people going & helping out issues faced with ubuntu)

Regards,
Dilip Khanolkar,
[phone].



2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I
> mean
>  personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
>  Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
>  (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
>  Chip/Digit/Others)
>
>  That was when I thought:
>
>  Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no way
>  for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a distribution
>  on other distributions.
>
>  Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.
>
>  --
>  Anuj
>  visit: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Anujmore
>
>  Promoting: (pro-GNU/Linux)
>  http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm (GNU/Linux's not Windows)
>
>  --
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>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
>

[dilip khanolkar]

To add up they can even contact the local ambassador & exchange a
media with him if they can. Or buy it from them by paying for the
media.

Regards,
Dilip Khanolkar,
[phone].



On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:15 PM, dilip khanolkar
<dilipkhanolkar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  My opinion on this would be that we should only distribute as much
> as
>  we can do. If we cannot then we can only advice them about ubuntu if
>  they are familiar with it. As this advising them on another OS
>  shouldnt actually also route there technical queries on to us (i mean
>  we people going & helping out issues faced with ubuntu)
>
>  Regards,
>  Dilip Khanolkar,
>  [phone].
>
>
>
>  2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;:
> > In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I mean
> > personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
> > Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
> > (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
> > Chip/Digit/Others)
> >
> > That was when I thought:
> >
> > Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no way
> > for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a distribution
> > on other distributions.
> >
> > Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.
> >
> > --
> > Anuj
> > visit: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Anujmore
> >
> > Promoting: (pro-GNU/Linux)
> > http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm (GNU/Linux's not Windows)
> >
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> > ambassadors mailing list
> > ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
> >
>

[Anuj More]

The problem is specific to only two media requests that were personally
mailed to me. Both of them did not live around me (Or around any other
ambassador)

It is an exclusive condition, but it may come up in the minds of other
ambassadors as well.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:18 PM, dilip khanolkar <
dilipkhanolkar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:

>  To add up they can even contact the local ambassador & exchange
> a
>  media with him if they can. Or buy it from them by paying for the
>  media.
>
>  Regards,
>  Dilip Khanolkar,
>  [phone].
>
>
>
>  On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:15 PM, dilip khanolkar
>  <dilipkhanolkar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  > My opinion on this would be that we should only distribute as much as
>  > we can do. If we cannot then we can only advice them about ubuntu if
>  > they are familiar with it. As this advising them on another OS
>  > shouldnt actually also route there technical queries on to us (i mean
>  > we people going & helping out issues faced with ubuntu)
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  > Dilip Khanolkar,
>  > [phone].
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > 2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  >> In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I mean
>  >> personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
>  >> Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
>  >> (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
>  >> Chip/Digit/Others)
>  >>
>  >> That was when I thought:
>  >>
>  >> Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no
>  way
>  >> for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a
>  distribution
>  >> on other distributions.
>  >>
>  >> Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >> Anuj
>  >> visit: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Anujmore
>  >>
>  >> Promoting: (pro-GNU/Linux)
>  >> http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm (GNU/Linux's not Windows)
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >> ambassadors mailing list
>  >> ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
>  >>
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[Neville A. Cross]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:48 AM, dilip khanolkar
<dilipkhanolkar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  To add up they can even contact the local ambassador & exchange
> a
>  media with him if they can. Or buy it from them by paying for the
>  media.
>  
> From ambassador point of view, what we should provide to user is help.
> Like: 
a. When and where will be an event where an user can get a media or
copy the iso. Big and small events.
b. User who is near by that can provide copy of the iso.
c. Magazines that carry a free disk.

> From freemedia point of view. 
We don't say ambassador will
provide media for free. We should point
to ambassadors as source of local knowledge.
We strongly advertise to not write to people asking for media, but
when the form is close people look for other sources.

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[Ananth Gouri]

Hello All,

I can handle around 10 each from Bangalore and Mysore in Karnataka, India.

Thanks & Regards,
Ananth S Gouri

2010/7/21 Anuj More <anujmorex(a)gmail.com&gt;

>  In the recent days, I have received requests for F13 (And by that I
> mean
>  personal emails) probably because things did not go well for them on the
>  Fedora media request section. I tried my best to get them a Fedora DVD
>  (Through pointers on where to get free DVDs on magazines like
>  Chip/Digit/Others)
>
>  That was when I thought:
>
>  Is it wrong to suggest a person to go for free Ubuntu CDs if there is no
>  way for the person to get Fedora? What is the stance of Fedora as a
>  distribution on other distributions.
>
>  Just a casual question. Popped up into my head.
>
>  --
>  Anuj
>  visit: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Anujmore
>
>  Promoting: (pro-GNU/Linux)
>  http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm (GNU/Linux's not Windows)
>
>  --
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>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
>

[Neville A. Cross]

2010/7/21 Gouri Ananth <ananth.gouri(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  Hello All,
>
>  I can handle around 10 each from Bangalore and Mysore in Karnataka, India.
>
>  Thanks & Regards,
>  Ananth S Gouri
>  
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Freemedia/Join_freemedia


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