[Ambassadors] Help me: Fedora vs. Ubuntu

[Izhar Firdaus]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Larry Cafiero <larry.cafiero at gmail.com> wrote:
> Christos makes some good observations, but Juan's is a good suggestion and I
> think we should accent our positives.
>
> In my opinion -- and this may not be the prevailing one -- I don't believe
> that this should be treated as a football game where we congregate into fans
> waving banners and scarves -- "Go Fedora, Beat Ubuntu!" -- because I don't
> believe the FOSS mindset should be like that (and I hope it isn't). Nor
> should Ubuntu users think this way, of course, but they'll have to address
> that themselves.
>
> Ubuntu brings a lot to the FOSS table -- just as OpenSUSE and Mandriva and
> others do -- and all should be recognized for their contributions.
> Improvements made by one distro uplifts everyone else.
>
> Many people start off with Ubuntu, including me. I still use Xubuntu on two
> machines in my computer lab in Felton. But I ended up with -- and my distro
> of choice is -- Fedora because of the quality and innovation, the
> camaraderie within those working on it (pointing to all of you), and the
> dedication of those of us involved are intangible qualities that make Fedora
> superior.
>
> [That and our record of getting project and improvements therein upstream .
> . . .]


"if ure new and aftraid of Linux, try Ubuntu first. Once ure ready to
feel the real thing, use latest technologies and start contributing to
upstream, come to Fedora!"


>
> Just an observation here, but you know your audience best, Tuan.
>
> Larry Cafiero
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Juan M. Rodriguez <nushio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I always sway people with this phrase: "Want to see tomorrow's Ubuntu? Try
>> Fedora today!" then proceed to explain how features are more important, and
>> the Fedora Philosofy:
>>
>> Freedom, Friends, Features, First
>>
>> It's worked out for me so far.
>>
>> -Nushio
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Christos Bacharakis <cmpahar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Truong Anh. Tuan
>>> <tuanta at iwayvietnam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Most of People in our community are crazy with Ubuntu.
>>>> I know Fedora is much better and I am thinking about a campaign to
>>>> change their mind.
>>>>
>>>> First of all, I would like to write a full list of advantages in Fedora
>>>> against Ubuntu (in our language, Vietnamese, of course).
>>>> Could you please help me some good sources and ideas (both for the
>>>> advantage list and the full process to change their mind).
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Tuan
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> The first argument that I come up with is that many Ubuntu sub-projects
>>> are not upstream. For example if an Ubuntu translator, translate a gnome
>>> string, Launchpad will not upstream the string to Gnome translations so the
>>> other distributions won't have that string translated.
>>> An another thing is that Ubuntu uses many tools like Launchpad which are
>>> closed source. Hey, we are a FOSS community over here.
>>>
>>> A personal argument is that Ubuntu is trying to be more like Windows and
>>> less than a typical Linux distribution. Evolution is good, but don't try to
>>> be more like your enemy for wining more fans. It's not right!
>>>
>>> I am a little bit tired so I can't think anything else right now. Hope to
>>> helped you. Good luck.
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ing. Juan M. Rodriguez Moreno
>> Desarrollador de Sistemas Abiertos
>> Sitio: http://proyectofedora.org/mexico
>>
>>
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