I was in full josh mode , and instead of posting , i replied soory about it :( , here is my post
* Why my VTU friends didn't switch to UBUNTU *??
I installed Ubuntu to most of my classmates , with in no time 90% of them formated there HDD when asked why ?? They give many reasons the most common :
1. There is no NCTUns (which runs well one Fedora!!). 2. I'm not able to configure and setup things for LAB , like apache,tomcat,java ..etc 3. I and my mom are used to Windows.
So , i made this blog with few solutions , i am also trying on MOTU for NCTUns
the blog link : VTU_HELP http://ubunt2.blogspot.com/
Hemanth H.M wrote:
I was in full josh mode , and instead of posting , i replied soory about it :( , here is my post
- Why my VTU friends didn't switch to UBUNTU *??
Well, they wouldn't have switched to any other distribution for that matter.
I installed Ubuntu to most of my classmates , with in no time 90% of them formated there HDD when asked why ?? They give many reasons the most common :
- There is no NCTUns (which runs well one Fedora!!).
Well this is not Ubuntu or for that matter any non-Fedora distribution's fault. It is the fault of the developers of NCTUns to make it "Fedora Only" if the tool is worth to be used by a lot of students. Really responsible FOSS developers wont do that as Fedora still holds a very low market share within GNU/Linux Desktop market.
Secondly, it is also the fault of the students. Most distributions are up and running by the contributions of 1000s of volunteers who are already struggling hard to keep existing things running smooth, improving them as and when improvements happen in upstream. It is/was an wonderful opportunity for the students to try and make it work in non-Fedora distributions. Make it work in one Debian based distribution, you can get it working in every Debian based distribution. It will be a wonderful contribution to both the NCTUns project as well as the various GNU/Linux distributions as a whole.
- I'm not able to configure and setup things for LAB , like
apache,tomcat,java ..etc
Why? I have never heard someone (who took real interest in trying it out) complaint this for a Debian based distribution. Yes, if you expect click and all work kind of environment then it's not easy. But that gives no opportunity to learn and things don't work that way in FOSS.
- I and my mom are used to Windows.
Well, when we all tried GNU/Linux for the very fist time, we too were (and remember at that time things weren't as wonderful as it is now). There is really nothing there to get used to Windows. It's all in your mind, really!
So , i made this blog with few solutions , i am also trying on MOTU for NCTUns
Good Luck! :)
2008/11/27 Parthan SR parth.technofreak@gmail.com:
Fedora still holds a very low market share within GNU/Linux Desktop market.
But "Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute."
If we were to go by market share, why even bother with GNU/Linux?
Cheers Praveen
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