When will Fedora work again?

[Leon Stringer]

Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>>>> "LS" == Leon Stringer <leon.stringer at ntlworld.com> writes:
> 
> LS> I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that an @fedoraproject.org address
> LS> was an indication of at least some authority.
> 
> Essentially every contributor gets one; it doesn't mean anything
> specific.  You can check the account system if you want and see what
> groups any account belongs to, if you like.  I don't use my Fedora
> address, but I do have one, and if you'd check it you'd see things
> like provenpackager and some admin stuff which should indicate that
> I'm a trusted and active member of the community.  Even with that, I
> wouldn't trust myself if I tried to speak from some position of
> authority.

I see.

> LS> Thanks. Generally I've had a good experience with these systems
> LS> (as long as I apply the latest firmware)...
> 
> I'm pretty sure Intel stopped updating the firmware years ago.  But,
> yes, they do keep running so I can't really complain.  It's just that
> i810-level hardware (like the i845 graphics on these boards) is rather
> poor and most development time these days is spent on much newer kit.
> 

Oh sure, but the shipped firmware was often buggy (or buggier!). And I 
appreciate that the older, less glamorous hardware is going to get less 
attention, I just felt that 3 distributions in a row where Fedora didn't 
work with a default install was a bit much.