Why would I want Fedora?

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

On 05/15/2009 02:57 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
>
> I helped write what is described in the front page of what Fedora is
> for. To quote from http://fedoraproject.org
>
> " Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in
> free and open source software. ..."
>
> While I think what follows after that is still useful, perhaps we can
> start with something like:
>
> "Fedora is a free alternative to proprietary operating systems like
> Microsoft Windows and provides a easy and powerful graphical
> environment, office suite, games and more. It is a secure and virus-free
> experience with brand new releases full of major improvements every six
> months all for free."
>

I would like to object to the image of Fedora merely being "an 
alternative", especially in the context of being an alternative to 
Microsoft Windows. If anything, Microsoft Windows is a very sad (or 
humorous) alternative to Linux.

--Jeroen