On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 21:29, rg wrote:
JK, below, makes a good point. If you call it something as seemingly
abstract on the end user's end as xxx project, the average joe looking
for a Linux distro is likely to pass right over it. If said 'joe' does
not, and goes on to install it, he or she is most likely going to call
it Fedora Linux anyway. This abstraction in regard to naming because of
the possibility of a future BSD based release is beyond the average user
- the distinction is one for developers. Also, the naming of the
downloadable distro as Fedora Core, sounds more like a naming for the
kernel to the average joe; it does not sound like a full distro. Again,
this distinction seems more aimed at developers than end users.
The Fedora Project _is_ aimed more at developers, early adopters, and
other people that follow the open source world closely. It's not a home
desktop product, or a commercial product at all.
"Fedora Core" distinguishes the core from the Extras, Alternatives, etc.
- if you write "Fedora Linux" people might think that means the whole
pile of stuff hosted on the Fedora Project site so it's more confusing.
It looks like the installer for the next test release will say "Fedora
Core Test 1" or something like that and the splash screen says "Fedora
Core"
This points to a continuous failing in the Linux community at large -
while it pays lip service to end users, it is still too developer
oriented. Call it geek-oriented if you like, but the average end user
who puts Linux on his or her desktop is not interested in technical
nuances and possible future BSD releases - the average user doesn't even
know or care what BSD is.
Fedora Core doesn't pay lip service to home desktop users. It explicitly
says on the site that developers and open source enthusiasts and so
forth are the target audience.
Also, if you guys are masking the Red Hat heritage of the
'distro', how
is the average person supposed to even know that the logical follow up
to RH9 is Fedora Project?
They aren't supposed to know that, because for many people it isn't
true. See
http://fedora.redhat.com/about/rhel.html
Many people should be buying a commercial product. Don't make
assumptions about pricing or about retail, read the FAQ carefully on
that point.
Havoc