Re: Fedora 9 -aarrrgggghh | |
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Bret Stern wrote:
After installing Fedora 9, I'm feeling like it's turning into the "Windows babysitting" model. I have been using Fedora 6 for really solid ftp and web services, and really don't like all the changes. Fedora 6 was so solid; it gets pretty boring just watching the servers run ..year..after..year... How 'bout a pep talk on Fedora 9....or I just downloaded FreeBSD, and feel this could be more comfortable for this old timer.
Fedora 9 or 10 will become the new RHEL 6 in time. F9 is a significant change in a lot of baseline technologies, but deals more with the desktop-type of system than servers: a new Xorg release, new versions of Gnome and (and incomplete) KDE, enhanced support for various video and audio cards, (supposedly) easier wireless networking...the list goes on and on.You could have said "Stop the evolution of Fedora" at any point. Many people did. F3 became RHEL4. F6 became RHEL5. Fedora is an evolving
beast...sometimes the evolution hits a dead end and it gets backed off. I don't like where F9 went in some areas, and in fact only have it running as a Xen DomU (guest) under an F8 Dom0 on an Opteron for testing purposes. Some of my observations: a) NetworkManager is completely useless (and in fact is counterproductive) if you have anything more than the simplest of networking topologies. It's not configurable in any meaningful way. b) I'm still rather unhappy with the spectacularly confusing PulseAudio system, and it doesn't "play nice" with many applications (Skype, for example). c) I'm not thrilled with the new startup logic (there was NOTHING wrong with inittab and the /etc/rc.d/rcx.d directory tree)...and I don't agree with "changes for the sake of change"). d) KDE is V4.0 and it's MASSIVELY incomplete. 4.1 is around the corner, but 4.0 is SO bad it never should have been released. e) Most proprietary video drivers (are you listening nVidia?) were incompatible with the new Xorg version. This has gotten better in the last few months, but Je-sus! These complaints (and others) have been sent off to the development and design teams. I'm not an official member of the groups, but sort of an interested (and vocal) spectator. As with any evolving thing, not everyone will be pleased with the directions it goes. You can help guide it by getting involved in the developers or testers group. If you don't get involved, you essentially have no cause to complain if it doesn't go the way you want it to in exactly the same way you really don't have a right to bitch about the government unless you get involved and vote. For a rock-solid server, stay with RHEL 5 or CentOS 5. They won't be EOL'd for quite a while and will work well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer rps2@xxxxxxxx - - Hosting Consulting, Inc. - - - - Denial. It ain't just a river in Egypt anymore! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe
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