Mike,

Is Fedora only for geeks or is it for "normal" people? I think we know what we want the answer to be, but are we there yet? I want my wife to use Fedora, and she's intelligent, but I'm not sure I would categorize her as a geek, either.

I think there's a happy medium - the world isn't geeks vs. non-geeks. But I think we can move more in the non-geek direction still...

--Basil

On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 17:41 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:

On Wed, 28 May 2008, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:

> Yeah, we're definitely doing it wrong.
>


It was back in the day that was my favorite part of Linux, learning the
internals of my box, I guess fewer people are like that these days :)

	-Mike



> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@gmail.com>
> To: Brian Douglas <Brian.Douglas@hesperia.org>
> Subject: Re: Actual question
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:05:12 -0400
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 13:33 -0700, Brian Douglas wrote:
> > I am new to the linux os and I would like to install fedora 9 on a
> > back up computer to test it out.  However, when I go to the site to
> > download I have no idea which one I should download.  There are three
> > main categories, and more choices within those.  Could you answer my
> > question?
>
> I can help you with your issue, but in the future all end-user questions
> should be directed to one of the resources listed at the following:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate
>
> The two forms of Live Media can be booted from a disc (CD, DVD, or USB
> key) in order to try Fedora before installing. The "Fedora Desktop Live
> Media" uses the default desktop environment in Fedora, and the "Fedora
> KDE Live Media" uses an alternate desktop. Both can be installed. The
> selection of software at install time is fixed, but more can be added
> after installation.
>
> The Install Media does not give you the opportunity to test Fedora
> before installing, however the software selection is larger and can be
> customized before installation.
>
> Most personal computers will use either the i386 install media or the
> i686 live media.
>
> Also note that all links in the main sections are for our latest
> release, Fedora 9. Older releases are accessible at the links in the
> "Let me look around..." section.
>
> --
> Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@gmail.com>
>
> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
>