Latest updates broke my system (URGENT)

[John Summerfield]

shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
> John Summerfield schrieb:
>> Antonio M wrote:
>>> I am using it on my office laptop and on my homeserver for day to day
>>> work (I am not a specialist of software..)
>>> Do you mean that I am a super-crazy linux user???
>> Something like that. I think use of Fedora for those purposes is
>> unwise, it's a development platform for people to evaluate new
>> technologies.
> 
> "[...] I think use of Development for those purposes is unwise, it's a
> development platform [...]"
> 
> Fedora is ok for day_to_day_work.

Just have a look at the fedora-list archive, how many problems there are 
that fall in the general categories:
kernel panic
F7 hangs
problems after update
cannot login after yum update
boot hangs
Two HAL bugs in F8
kernel x and driver y
F8 Via Rhine II broken?
Random freezes ...
reboot loop ...
F8 hangs randomly
F8 is just being flaky

These are taken from subject lines, and suggest to me that the problem 
is more likely to be software-related than user error, and that are 
likely ro require local action (ie physical presence) and substantially 
prevent the system's use.

likely I'm wrong about some (both inclusions and exclusions), but then 
I've had some personally that are unreported.
   For example, the fine new (to pe) graphical update too crashed 
(segfault), so I just use commandline yum.
   For example, I've seen loadaverage 45+ and climbing. No idea what it 
was doing, I couldn't do anything to find out. It cleared itself by next 
day.
   For example, on FC3 the kernel panicked initialising USB on many 
systems, including my laptop.
   For example, the current xenified F8 kernel doesn't boot without 
special (unusual) options on my system. Reportedly it happened on F7 and 
was fixed, then recurred in the F8 test cycle, is fixed in the later 
standard kernels but not in the -xen kernel.

These are evidence, amounting to proof in my eyes, that Fedora isn't 
suitable for important daily use.

If you can handle problems such as those, and they won't seriously 
inconvenience you if your system is down for a day or more, then by all 
means use Fedora for day-to-day work.

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Cheers
John

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