[fedora-india] Re: Omega 10 Desktop Linux
Luca Foppiano wrote:
On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 14:26 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Fedora already has different spins - xfce, kde, games, developer live cd
> and others. I maintain a couple of them even. This is essentially
> similar but rebranded since it used packages outside of the official
> Fedora repository.
Spins belong to Fedora, maintains the same policy and the same rules.
AFAIK Omega ship proprietary codec and non-free packages. is this true?
If yes, I don't think official fedora spins ship that packages.
There is no proprietary codecs or non-free codecs in Omega. Some of them
are potentially patent encumbered (only if you are in a region that
considers software patents as valid) but nothing proprietary. Like I
already mentioned, this is rebranded only because it includes third
party software packages. The point is that it is not entirely different
distribution. It is 100% compatible with Fedora.
> I never used the term "Fedora based" in my
announcements.
Is this phrase not the same?
"Omega is a desktop/mobile Linux distribution that is
based upon Fedora but includes packages from the Livna RPM repository."
This is a quote from a article and not the announcement. The
announcement is at
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-September/msg00...
I'm trying to understand if and what are the advantages to have
another
distribution.
Like all the different spins, this is just a matter of convenience. Many
of the Fedora users go to a third party repository like Livna to get
additional software. This live cd reduces that hassle and makes things
easier. Also for people who are relying on media (CD/DVD) instead of
Internet connection for software, this live cd is more useful.
Rahul