Fedora Core 2 Dud or Dodo?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 30, 2004 @04:25AM from the something-to-think-about dept.

darth_silliarse writes "Linux.com have posted an interesting review Fedora Core 2, which includes reference to the now famous Windows/Fedora Core 2 dual booting "feature". My favorite quote "Unfortunately, all of FC2's admirable qualities cannot save it from its congenital defects. These range from annoyances such as broken audio drivers to the abomination known as Gnome 2.6, and are serious enough to make the Fedora Project's second litter of pups unsuitable for any use other than as laboratory animals." Quite a indictment don't you think? My fav distro is SuSE but I'm interested to hear others views about this review..."

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umph... by borgdows · 2004-05-30 04:34 · Score: 5, Funny

The File Open dialog box

Those of us who administer systems need a fast, easy way to edit configuration files. We know where most of those files live, and can usually type them in to the File Open dialog a lot faster than we can get to them via the browsing tool. But my favorite tool, gedit, is no longer suitable for that purpose, because, as you can see from the screen shot at right, there is no longer any way to type a filename into the File Open dialog!

REAL MEN use VI from console to edit configuration files! Only wimps use gedit to do that!
Re:dual boot bug is not that big of a deal by Alien+Being · 2004-05-30 04:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Another workaround would be to install Linux first. The windows installer will respect the other OSes... oh, never mind.