On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 07:27:05PM +0000, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 01:37:28PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote:
Clearly it is. Most users don't know about this behavior. And it's also not done at all on iOS, Android, Windows, OS X. And it's highly questionable on desktop linux whether it's done or even needed.
I do not understand your comparison with iOS, OS X, Windows, etc. We are not in a race with any of them. We simply want an operating system that is free (open) and lets us be in control of our computing needs.
It's a question of looking at what others in this space are doing and evaluating whether their features are appropriate for Fedora and what their users are used and expect. Fedora users (and Linux users in general) most probably use Windows or OS X at work and own an Android or iOS phone, so diverging from them, especially when it comes to some geeky log retrieval mechanism, isn't in the best interest of Fedora.
Why do they have to be the same? If I wanted what either of those OSes offer, I would be using them, not Fedora. I do not understand why my choices have to be minor variations of each other instead of distinctly different based on needs.
For work, I use Fedora & Scientific Linux. I mostly use Fedora for personal needs; except when I want to play some specific games, I use Windows. And I own an old Android phone.
These are distinct tasks with different needs, where is the need for them to be variations of each other?