Linus uses Fedora 9
I'm relatively new to the marketing part of this, so I don't know if this is common knowledge in the digital world. If it isn't, I don't know if this has any marketing value to it, but those who are more experienced may know what to do with this. Here is an interview with Linus Torvalds on July 18: http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/linus-torvalds,-geek-of-the-week/ And in it, he answers the following question: RM 'Which Linux distro do you use? ' LT: 'I've used different distributions over the years. Right now I happen to use Fedora 9 on most of the computers I have, which really boils down to the fact that Fedora had fairly good support for PowerPC back when I used that, so I grew used to it. But I actually don't care too much about the distribution, as long as it makes it easy to install and keep reasonably up-to-date. I care about the kernel and a few programs, and the set of programs I really care about is actually fairly small. [Funny, I use Fedora primarily for the same reason -- PowerPC support :-) ] Larry Cafiero http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lcafiero -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linus Torvalds: Fedora User
Interesting note, but let's also the latter part of the statement ... 'Right now, most of my machines seem to have Fedora 7 on then, but that's only a statement of fact, not meant to be that I think it's necessarily better than the other distros.' In other words, we do _not_ want to use this in _any_ marketing sense. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com Fission Power: An Inconvenient Solution -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linus Torvalds: Fedora User
Bryan J. Smith wrote: Interesting note, but let's also the latter part of the statement ... 'Right now, most of my machines seem to have Fedora 7 on then, but that's only a statement of fact, not meant to be that I think it's necessarily better than the other distros.' In other words, we do _not_ want to use this in _any_ marketing sense. On the plus side, his statement of I'll take the nice ones with simple installers etc, because to me, that's the whole and only point of using a distribution in the first place. is a positive statement regarding the installation process of Fedora. Still couldn't be used for marketing, but it's a nice compliment. -- Eric Feldhusen Network Administrator http://www.remc1.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 270 (906) 482-4520 x239 809 Hecla St (906) 482-5031 fax Hancock, MI 49930 (906) 370 6202 mobile -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linus Torvalds: Fedora User
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 12:04 -0400, Eric J. Feldhusen wrote: On the plus side, his statement of ... is a positive statement regarding the installation process of Fedora. Still couldn't be used for marketing, but it's a nice compliment. Agreed. Although I still cringe when it comes to distros being based on installers, instead of actual usage. At the same time, people who just have something against distros are always going to find something to fault. In general, I think the balance Fedora strikes, and continues to strike, is all that matters. It's not going to satisfy all, but it certainly does a lot for many. With all the fanfare Ubuntu gets with end-consumers, Fedora still gets a lot of the installed based that matters to me. IT Professionals who can bring in a DVD and install it on countless corporate networked systems without either any legal or technical roadblocks. And, again, that's all that matters to me, among countless other IT Professionals. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com Fission Power: An Inconvenient Solution -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linus and Fedora
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 12:09 -0400, Alex Maier wrote: Hey, mind posting this on the Media Coverage page? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressArchive We probably shouldn't -- it's nice to have him as a user, but he doesn't really announce when he's changed his mind on which distro he's using, so it's _really_ easy to be citing old data. (to wit, he mailed me yesterday to say that he's using Ubuntu on his Mac Mini Core Duo box until I fix a grub bug he's hitting...) -- Peter -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
Re: Linus and Fedora
On 5/26/06, Peter Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 12:09 -0400, Alex Maier wrote: Hey, mind posting this on the Media Coverage page? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressArchive We probably shouldn't -- it's nice to have him as a user, but he doesn't really announce when he's changed his mind on which distro he's using, so it's _really_ easy to be citing old data. (to wit, he mailed me yesterday to say that he's using Ubuntu on his Mac Mini Core Duo box until I fix a grub bug he's hitting...) Even in the article interview he says what he's using isn't that important, because the distros are relatively similar. He's just using fedora on his systems because he's lazy and this is the easiest way for him to get visual consistency across his machines. It could have been any other distro. He's actually saying that at this point the choice between distros mostly doesn't matter much. That isn't a particularly strong selling point, and I bet if anyone makes the effort to quote him out of context, he'll make a public statement disavowing whatever over-reaching implications that are attempted to hang on the segment of the interview where he says he's using fedora. Reading the whole interview.. he's saying the particular distro choice at this point isn't that important. I sentiment I'd agree with, and yet one I wouldn't suggest making a driving part of the Fedora marketing campaign. -jefUse fedora on your ppc... because its already on your pcspaleta -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
