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Fedora Core 1 Released
EvilAlien writes "The Fedora Project has released Fedora Core 1, aka Yarrow. The release was expected on November 3rd, but was briefly delayed. The release notes has quite a bit of good detail, and is worth checking out for any preliminary questions you may have. Download options include BitTorrent in addition to the traditional collection of FTP mirrors."
I actually have a folder of Solaris 8 CDs. Only two of them are core system CDs, and they are PACKED with a *lot* more stuff than Fedora. Everything else is extra software, like GNU utilities or the (useless) CD installer. If Solaris can do it in two, why does Fedora take 3?
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Oh, and OS X packs a lot of bundled stuff (like the X11 server) that could be broken out. The only reason they aren't is that OS X is only distributed on CD. If it was distributed over the 'net, you can bet it would be down to 2 core CDs. Besides, OS X still has a lot more useful stuff than Fedora.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Everyone else is just a poser.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Yup, and after RH's bait & switch you never know if their 'support' will stay the course. They now have a track record of pulling the plug on a major distro. They have zero credibility, so stuff them. Just say no, to Red Hat.
I want to see some one decopile all of the windows XP source code. I want to see them figure out exactly how windows work, and exactly why it doesn't work. Preferably these people would be linux\unix\*nix coders, for these people I feel are the best group of coders in the world. After reverse-engineering the kernel, and its semantics, write a new one. Write several, write a micro, and a macro kernel. Write a non-existent kernel. Make it compatible with old windows code, but in a elegant and efficent form. Once you have done this, relase it for free. Realse it for a small fee. What them flock towards you. Insetad of fighting them on the outside, why not kill microsoft from the inside, replace their product with a better, faster, more fficent, sexier one. If I could only motivate people to do this.
Was it in a smaller font or something? Obfuscated somehow?
Seriously though, it looked like it was just one statement among many, and not exactly "hidden". Whether it's a step backward or not, I can't say; I've always lived in 7-bit ASCII-land.
-B
Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.
Nope it was bait & switch, and it's not the same distro you fool. The support is gone and so is the stability. But keep running around calling people who want the support option and have used Red Had for years dickheads, that'll win friends and influence people. If it was the same there would have been no need for this announcement. Me, I'm off to use another distro, I've used RHL for *years* but no more, I used RHL and this WAS bait & switch.
Morover it was the sleaziest betrayal of a user base I've ever seen, never mind seen in Linux. Microsoft has never stooped to such depths, and I'm no fan of theirs.
Adios Red Hat and adios rabid Red Hat fanboy attack dogs.
Red Hat's 'commitment' to any project is a negative as far as I'm concerned. I don't need their wavering 'support'.