However now knowing that Fedora is "no longer" a "Linux power user/enthusiast" distro any more (or so I deduce from some of the postings and points made by Rahul), I'd really be interested, as I tended to think that two niches were covered by either Ubuntu and Fedora.

Fedora being more like Gentoo (without the whole "build it thyself" aspect) and being a distribution that could appeal easily to both GUI-inclined power users and CLI hardcore power users; while Ubuntu is usually associated with Linux-newbie users.

Personally I'm always game for a solution and tool which would make setting something up easy and fast (usually this is associated with GUI tools), just as long as what it allows me to control is all I need to control, i.e, no further configuration/tweaking is required.

- how comes there's so muck fragmentation in Extras, Livna, RPMforge and on

- how can we ecourage them to put as much free software package in Extras leaving few non-GPL on an unique "non free" repos

Also, I'm ignorant, but it would be nice to have a Fedora-NONUS repository for those who live outside the USA (a la Debian).

I am insisting on package management policies becaus they are (for me, clearly) the strongest point of the Free Software movement and the easy availability of them could "convert" as much people as possibile (and here we are in marketing list, trying to "sell" our distro).

When i have the occasion to let try "Linux" to some friend quite never I am in the condition to make him try Fedora, principally for the reason explained before. I would like to change that, and after the ease of installation comes the package available to the user and the configuration tool at disposal.

Nicola .:kOoLiNuS:. Losito

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