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OSNews Rates Fedora Core 1 Mild Disappointment
JigSaw writes "OSNews has reviewed the Fedora Core 1 Linux distro, but the author personally found lots of usability problems and bugs with the distro, making Fedora Core a trying experience. The writer puts the blame on poor QA of Fedora Core 1 done by its community, since Red Hat has shifted focus to Enterprise, with Fedora serving merely as a testbed for them."
Having used Fedora (for roughly 3 minutes before fleeing); I must say it is completely unimpressive. Perhaps I haven't kept up with redhat as much as I should have, but I expected it to be a bit more intuitive.
As a slack user I wasn't expecting the world, hell, I wasn't even expecting North America... but I wanted a little more than the Canadian province of Ontario.
Well, perhaps you need to try Fedora rather than making decision based on half-assed Mac / XP user's review.
"We don't care why you don't want to switch,"
Bullshit. You guys always make a BFD about some organization switching to Linux, you also complain when Gov'ts choose Windows.
"just like you don't care why it works for us."
Bullshit again. Why would I even give Linux a go in the first place if I wasn't attracted to the benefits ya'all babble on about? It's not because I want to be part of the cool club here at Slashdot.
"That's just great, isn't it? Now go away. "
I will not. I want Linux to be better. I'd like to get away from Microsoft if I can safely make the change. But if the problems that people complain about (i.e. needing updated libraries for newer software) aren't addressed by the community, then how can Linux expand it's userbase?
You can't have it both ways. You can't have a niche little-known OS and then turn around and say "Why are they even using Windows anyway?"
"Derp de derp."
"The reason you don't want to switch is the attitude of others? Or is it you who doesn't want to break from a comfort zone that you have with your current OS.... "
A little bit of both, actually. Part of the problem is that the transition from Windows to Linux is a rough one, and community assistance would be needed. If people are going to act like the problems don't exist, then how do I know I won't be left hanging? Secondly, part of the interest of Linux is "what new stuff will appear tomorrow?" Well, if the community doesn't see the point in supporting 'babies' or 'newbs', then how much of a future can it really have?
Yes, I am comfortable with my OS. It works for me. I don't have stability problems. All my hardware works, and I can go out, buy new hardware and know it works. Software and games are both quite abundant. Windows 2000 has it's drawbacks, nobody's arguing that. However, I would lose some stuff if I went to Linux. The question is, would it be worth it. If all it does is get me into a fight with zealots who expect more of me than they really should, then no it's not worth it at all.
"Derp de derp."