Linux Action Show! Fedora 8 hatchetjob review
Michael Beckwith
michael.d.beckwith at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 20:50:38 UTC 2007
All in all, I think the review is a good thing and shows some criticism
that I wasn't necessarily seeing in other reviews. They highlight a lot
of points to work and improve on for Fedora 9+
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 16:44 +0100, David Nielsen wrote:
>
>> Chris and Bryan over at the Linux Action Show Podcast took the time to
>> play with F8 for 2 weeks. If you poured your heart and soul into Fedora
>> I'd advice not listening to the following.
>>
>> http://www.linuxactionshow.com/?p=158
>>
>
> Highlights:
>
> - Icons between the desktop and menu are inconsistent
> - Nodoka is ugly
> - The red swatch in libnotify is awful
> - Anaconda is dated
> * Partitioning prescreen is useless/confusing
> * Did not detect other existing Linux installs for grub
> - Live media install tried installing files before formatting was
> complete
> - grub screen was a bit "off" style-wise
> - GNOME Online Desktop is underwhelming
> - Fedora should focus more on the desktop
> - NetworkManager *needs* to be integrated with s-c-network (my
> interpretation)
> - A point release with fixes would be nice to see
>
> OTOH, codeina and PulseAudio worked well, and s-c-firewall shows
> promise.
>
>
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