FC3 - i'm disapointed

[Kiryl Hakhovich]

Hey Brian,

i have been testing it on :
    - Toshiba Laptop Satellite 2805-S401 (P III , 256 RAM)
    - Desktop Dell Optiplex GX110 (P III, 128 RAM)

Both worked absolutely fine out of the box with installation of FC1.



blank wrote:

> bdw at briandwright.com wrote:
>
>> As far as the kernel goes, I always build a custom kernel that 
>> matches my
>> system.  I would get a copy of 2.6.10 and build a kernel that matches 
>> your
>> system.  I've not experienced any problems with the USB subsystem.
>>
>> I haven't had any problems with OpenOffice.  It's up to 1.1.13 at this
>> time and it could fix a potential memory leak.
>>
>> --Brian
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>> I have to post it.
>>>
>>> I have been using RH from RH 7.0
>>> And was pretty happy with.
>>>
>>> Then moved on to FC1 then FC2.... and now FC3.
>>>
>>> I hate to admit it but FC3 is really broken in general.
>>> I do not want to start a new flame thread but here is a several items i
>>> can assume lot's of them has to do with kernel 2.6:
>>>     - usb drivers - not stable
>>>     - network - same
>>>     - some applications compiled on the system - crashes
>>>     - certain kernel updates - make system not bootable
>>>     - Open Office tend to load memory to the point that machine need 
>>> to be
>>> rebooted
>>>     and list grows on a daily basis which is really reminds me a 
>>> windowZ
>>> and nothing close what it was in FC1  on the same hardware for example.
>>>
>>> I understand that this is probably inappropriate post, but i have been
>>> in pain since I moved to FC3.
>>>
>>> Does any one else experience as many problems as i do?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Kiryl
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>  
>>
> Kiryl,
>
> Could you add a short rundown of the hardware you are running? i've 
> been a RH user on and off since 6.2 and wow, FC3 has jacked my box up 
> so much, i downloaded Debian stable last night for a testing install.
>
> Anyway, if your hardware is similar to mine and some others, i may 
> just wait it out. i like Fedora - don't really want to switch at all.
>