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Fedora 14 Released and Reviewed — Advanced, and Not For Wimps

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-and-shiny dept.

Several readers have sent word that Fedora 14, codenamed Laughlin, has been released. A brief listing of the major changes has been posted, and the download is available at the Fedora project's site. Reader jfruhlinger points out a quick review of the new version, saying, "Remember the days when being a Linux user was like being part of a select priesthood — arcane knowledge needed, but great rewards? Steven Vaughan-Nichols has tested out Fedora 14, and that was how it went. No Ubuntu-style handholding, but some powerful new features."

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  1. In Some Ways It Still Is by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember the days when being a Linux user was like being part of a select priesthood ...

    Oh, it still is like that in some respects.

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    1. Re:In Some Ways It Still Is by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Remember the days when being a Linux user was like being part of a select priesthood ..."

      Oh, it still is like that in some respects [wikipedia.org].

      Dude, have you been celibate all this time?

      They sent out a memo years ago saying geeks were allowed to get laid. Since at least Y2K as I recall we're been encouraged to go forth and get busy (I think that was the exact wording).

      Man, you need to check your mail-slot more often. :-P

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    2. Re:In Some Ways It Still Is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Man, you need to check in to a female-slot more often. :-P

      There, fixed that for you.

    3. Re:In Some Ways It Still Is by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

      Our Stallman, that art in glibc, hallowed be thy code...

      Speaking of unclean and sure to lead us to damnation. ;-)

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  2. KDE by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've always used KDE with RedHat/Fedora. He needs more friends that run Fedora.

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  3. Wanker by chill · · Score: 5, Informative

    Reading the comments to that blog shows he reviewed a Beta, not the release. Every single bug he said he ran into had been fixed before the release.

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    1. Re:Wanker by ak3ldama · · Score: 5, Informative

      The only indication that it is beta is that he released his review before Fedora 14 was actually released! First paragraph:

      That's not to say that the newest version of Fedora, Fedora 14 Laughlin, is hard to use. It's not. But, if you need a lot of handholding as you explore Linux, I think you'll be better off with Ubuntu.

      Though later he says:

      There is a fix on the way for this problem, but it still wasn't in the late beta software I was trying out.

      The tags at the top do not mention it as beta, nor does the title. That is far from being genuine... I think this article is pure trash personally. I saw it yesterday in the /. firehose where it belonged. I can not believe it made the front page. Running around installing the latest linux distro (pre-release at that!) in a virtual machine is not news worthy and makes for junk journalism.

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    2. Re:Wanker by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apparently someone doesn't know what the term "beta" means.

      I'll tell you what it means:

      Beta (noun): Greek letter used to denote the last build of software before management decides to ship the product anyway.

      You've obviously never shipped code. ;-)

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  4. Terrible review by Gothmolly · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Half the article describes his test laptop and the theme he used. Then he didn't get USB3 to work, and suggested you overwrite your modules file (hint: use 2 > characters, not one). Then he complained about the CD burning program. Who burns CDs anymore?

    Nothing about SELinux, nothing about filesystems, nothing about updated packages like SSH, Postfix, Bind, or anything.

    a better article summary: "Beta Fedora makes a weak desktop, and I didn't bother to try any of the cool features of Linux"

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  5. Re:The bad old days by shougyin · · Score: 5, Funny

    bi-curious?