So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

[John Austin]

On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 18:43 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote:
> I, for one:
> 
> -love fedora (began in 97 or 98 with redhat 5 and never left). I try other 
> distros long enough to get them installed, for about 5 minutes, but NEVER 
> migrate my personal information to any other system, as I see, time and 
> again, that it is all just Linux and Fedora has the best support and 
> maintenance. It is simply reliable. I use fedora-testing, so occasionally 
> there might be a glitch that takes 2-3 days to get repaired. In all, a super 
> distro!
> 
> -rpm and yum are solid and reliable and simply work. I have tried at least 3 
> installations of Kubuntu and apt broke on the very first update and I 
> couldn't even get the sytem updated from the live cd to the new versions on 
> the repository - that is not good.
> 
> -I do get impatient with Fedpora sometimes, as it could sometimes be more 
> bleeding edge for my taste (I read about cool things I want to try, hence 
> install, as mentioned above, but this distro is where everything works).
> 
> -new kernels bring new features, repair problems, and to my glee, whenever 
> something has not quite worked or gotten broken, a couple of days later and 
> voilà, a new kernel and a reboot and I am again happy.
> 
> -I love the updates. So many new features, and I just can't wait to try them, 
> and I wake up in the morning to see a whole slew of new fixes. I just can't 
> wait to install them.
> 
> Fedora is simply mature, well-maintained, reliable and serious... suitable for 
> anyone, even beginner (as I was when I began with redhat), who wishes to get 
> the computer out of the back pocket and onto the desktop.
> 
> Keep up the superb work, guys!
> 

+1

John