[Fedora-ambassadors-list] First day at Solutions Linux

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

Outstanding report, Aurelien.  Many thanks.

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On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Aurelien Bompard wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Today I spent my first day presenting Fedora at Solutions Linux in Paris. 
> This is a primary report.
> 
> * About Fedora :
> - Most people have already heard of Fedora
> - Usually people know that Fedora is the successor of Red Hat Linux
> - They don't usually know that there Red Hat is still working on it
> - They don't usually know that there is also a community behind it now
> - They don't usually know about other sub-projects, not even Fedora Extras.
> 
> * Technically :
> - People have a worse hardware detection experience with Fedora than with 
> Ubuntu or Mandriva (very popular in France), usually as regards to Wi-Fi 
> cards. This is (IMHO) because non-official drivers (as in "not in 
> upstream's kernel) are not included in Fedora, and most WiFi drivers are 
> still young, thus not included upstream. Hardware detection is still very 
> important when choosing a distribution
> - Most people don't know about SELinux
> - Some people are interested in Xen and virtualization (it seems in the 
> current hype)
> - I've had a very interesting argument with a python developer about the 
> fact that there is only one version of python in Fedora, what to do to make 
> multiple versions installable, and what would the advantages be (mainly two 
> words : Zope & Plone). I currently maintain Zope and Plone in Extras, and I 
> confirm its a mess with the very up-to-date version of python that Fedora 
> ships. I'll post on fedora-devel-list about that, and see if something can 
> be done.
> 
> * Logistics
> - DVDs where distributed very fast, I had to ration visitors
> - T-shirts are slower, people don't expect them to be free so they don't ask 
> for it. I'm confident I'll give them all away before tomorrow evening 
> though. A small "Free T-Shirts" sign should do the trick :)
> - Beeing on another association's booth is ok, but it's much much better to 
> have a Fedora booth.
> - The Fedora Ambassadors Project should recruit as much as possible to be 
> able to correctly man the boothes. Having several ambassadors in the same 
> zone is not a problem.
> - People like the business cards :) We should add the URL on the template. 
> What is the font used for the logo by the way ? I'll post my modified 
> template for the only business card paper I could find (Canson) after the 
> event. 
> 
> I'll post the slides I've made for the event when it's over (I make small 
> fixes from time to time). They're in french, and it's a general Fedora 
> presentation.
> 
> If you have questions or things you think I should do tomorrow (last day), 
> feel free to ask.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Aurélien
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