FC3 - i'm disapointed

Kiryl Hakhovich administrator at bsolution.net
Thu Jan 13 19:14:19 UTC 2005


Hey Kevin,

I agree with you. may be i'm taking it too serious.
i apologize.


Kiryl


Kevin Fries wrote:

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> Kiryl Hakhovich wrote:
> | 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?
>
> Kiryl,
>
> I take exception with this not because of the fact that I am not
> experiencing the same problems as you (with the exception of USB), but
> because you did not read the disclaimer.
>
> Redhat and Fedora projects make this point really clear, Fedora is
> bleeding edge.  While it can be used in production, you can, and
> probably should, expect a few issues.  The list of issues with vary with
> your hardware.  Once Fedora Core 3 is fully stable, it will become RHEL4
> and Fedora Core 4 will be out.
>
> This is not a secret, it is right on the Fedora website.  If you are
> complaining about stability, you are using the wrong product.
>
> Now that being said, I find Fedora, with a few nagging issues, to be far
> less trouble, far most stable, far easier to manage, and far easier to
> find support for, than just about any other Linux distro I have ever
> used.  But I read the disclaimer, and I expect problems at any time.  I
> also know that I can post a message here, and find a solution, or at
> least a work around, faster than I can get Microsoft Technical support
> on the line (sometimes you don't get what you paid for, lol).
>
> - --
> Kevin Fries
> Network Administrator
> Hydrologic Consultants, Inc of Colorado
> (303) 969-8033    FAX: (303) 969-8357
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