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Fedora Welcomes Women to FOSS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ladies-first dept.

nman64 writes "The Fedora Project, the project behind the Fedora Core Linux distribution, has introduced Fedora Women, a program to reach out to women who are interested in using and contributing to Fedora Core. This follows in the footsteps of LinuxChix, Debian Women, and Ubuntu Women and is part of a larger trend to support women in the FOSS world. At present, women are believed to make up only about 1.5% of the FOSS community. Is that finally set to change?"

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  1. why by celardore · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why on Earth is this needed? I'm all for equal opportunities and everything, but does further segregation of the sexes help any cause?

    Some things are always going to be *generally* one sex or the other. For example, men like mechanics and sports. Women like ponies and getting their nails done. Obviously not hard and fast examples.

    Men like to be nerds, women like to be in the real world more.

  2. Re:My only thoughts on this... by plate+of+felt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey! Some of us do both!