Request: please consider clarifying the project's position on Spins

[Máirín Duffy]

On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 01:33 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> So if the intention is for spins to grow and the community surrounding 
> them the Fedora Desktop ( The name implies only one desktop ) needs to 
> be renamed to Fedora Gnome Desktop and put under a desktop page along 
> with all the DE that exist in the project hence we are back to 
> inevitable two possible outcomes nr.1 or nr.2 which I mentioned earlier 
> in another response to this topic.

I posed a question in the last board meeting that I'll re-pose here:

Are we, Fedora, in the business of:

- #1 Showcasing all the various free software desktops available -
making it easy to switch desktops

OR

- #2 Building a coherent, usable operating system from selections of the
best free software has to offer such that free software can reach a
wider audience?

I really care very passionately about #2, which is why I do silly things
like volunteer with the Girl Scouts and teach them how to use Fedora. To
my great dismay I've had people from clubhouse #1 tell me 14-year-old
girls have no business using Linux. It's that kind of attitude that
makes me feel we have to fight even harder for #2.

What's the point of working on free software if it can't help the people
who need it? The people who don't know what a DE is and really don't
care as they'd rather spend their time writing their resume or creating
new songs with Fedora?

~m